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Ahab by Larry Russick

Ahab's wife, in abandonment and pain, reflects on her short life with her lost and tortured love.

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Project Man by Grey McCallister

A Newly Single Mom Finds herself the unwilling subject of her girlfriends' online dating project

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A Feaver by Marilyn Olenick

A 20th. Century Love Story: My husband's battle with both Agent Orange exposure and the Veterans Administration

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God Bless You Mr. Vonnegut by Sam Moffie

How an up and coming author used fiction icon Kurt Vonnegut to prove that agents and other publishing venues are full of (fill in the blank)!

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A Completely Beautiful Human Being by Linda Carter

A love story

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Autumn Wedding by Joanne Weck

A young woman, circa 1905, faces her wedding with mixed feelings

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Beyond Midnight by David Pereda

What if you found out your whole life was built on a lie told by your father? What if you realized this lie was instrumental in your achieving so much while others you once loved achieved so little, or worse, destroyed their lives? What if you had the opp

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PUFFY STUFF by Ann Parchem

This is about a day in the life of three clouds and how they change shape depending on what they're doing.

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