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The Gallagher-von-Durfeldoms
We are the family of everyone who means us no harm, whatever the results of what they do. We love Pizza Friday, snow days, and getting into pajamas in the afternoon when we’ve spent the day at the bea… more →
Very Short Novels
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 →
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 →
Reasonable Suspicion
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davidbdale wrote 10 months ago: Doorbell. Door opens. —There’s been a report of abuse at this address. —Somebody’s already reported … more →
