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The Gallagher-von-Durfeldoms
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davidbdale wrote 2 weeks ago: We are the family of everyone who means us no harm, whatever the results of what they do. We love Pi … more →
An Offering
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davidbdale wrote 1 month ago: —Nevertheless you did kill him? —I was present at his death. —Present with a knife. —Mine was not th … more →
Under the Bed
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davidbdale wrote 1 month ago: I had no magic as a child. I would have used it if I had, to stop the Boots from kicking me where I … more →
Salt Toast
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davidbdale wrote 1 month ago: In photos of my daughter’s wedding, I look thinner than I was and not at all as if I wanted to stran … more →
Separate Trains
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davidbdale wrote 2 months ago: They looked married. In what they took for granted, the other riders saw they had been together fore … more →
Clarity
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davidbdale wrote 2 months ago: The Computative Assistant to the Acting Vice-Director of Apportionment Compliance for the local subd … more →
Borrowed Luggage
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davidbdale wrote 3 months ago: A simple man named Abraham Kosofsky watched his tiny town of Berezovka grow tinier every day. Fannie … more →
Trade Rumors
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davidbdale wrote 3 months ago: —Dad, are you trying to trade me? —What would make you say that? —Mister Moyer said you offered me f … more →
The Antidote
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davidbdale wrote 4 months ago: Although aspects of the procedure must be painful beyond enduring, I’m not among the noisy many who … more →
The Yellow Pages
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davidbdale wrote 5 months ago: Had they been a less practical couple, my parents might have had children by accident. Instead, one … more →
Terrorist's Wife
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davidbdale wrote 5 months ago: Something so good and pure at the core of a man like my husband hardens to a bullet in the forge of … more →
Forgiveness
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davidbdale wrote 5 months ago: She was never my girl until you took her and now that I will never get her back, I have reclaimed he … more →
Life Plus a Day
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davidbdale wrote 7 months ago: I stole a brick from my neighbor’s house. With ease he had me convicted of stealing the whole thing, … more →
Too Like Truth
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davidbdale wrote 8 months ago: The kid who glared across my desk at me had stolen our petty cash. We’d trusted him with a job and w … more →
Inaugural Address
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davidbdale wrote 9 months ago: Our country is a mess, my friends, and no president can do much about it. The economy is what you be … more →
Boy on the Roof
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davidbdale wrote 10 months ago: On the roof of our apartment building my son waited for his father to arrive so he could jump. Meanw … more →
Preventive Maintenance
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grantman wrote 10 months ago: I have been here before. That dark dripping cellar part of relationships we call falling in love. … more →
Love is Like
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davidbdale wrote 10 months ago: The light I saw flickering in my wife’s eyes as we sat at the little table we use for dinners that d … more →
Perfect Season
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davidbdale wrote 10 months ago: Some teams just don’t have it; they suffer their greatest loss before the season begins. Others neve … more →
