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Eligibility Post for 2020 Awards!

January 9, 2021

I have never written one of these before despite having stories published in prior years. But there’s a first for everything! In 2020 I had a grand total of 1 stories published :) But it’s a story I’m proud of; it’s a story I think touches the hearts of most, if not all, writers. The … More Eligibility Post for 2020 Awards!

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They left me to drown, sea salt clinging to the back of my throat.

I could hear the rolling rhythm of their rowing chants, drowning out my cries as succinctly as the sea would soon drown me.

~"All the Boys in the Sea" (in Fireside)

Sometimes, and I’m stressing the sometimes, wishes muttered within my hearing come true. I’ve invested in a good set of earbuds, noise-cancelling headphones, and have an over-spilling jar of earplugs, yet accidents still happen.

“Wish you’d always be my Dasher,” this young guy in a neon orange slouch hat says and I swear if he could blow me a winky-kissy-face emoji he would.

~ "Delivery for 3C at Song View" (in Diabolical Plots)

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