Cherrypicked stories

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Choppin Cotton

can't catch a break
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Invitations

What happens when you *do* invite the bad fairy to the christening&;#063;
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YWCA, Dar-Es-Salaam, 4/8/03

there was no rain, but the ghost of rain rattling the little windows.
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The Cry of the Crow

Saying 'good-bye' was never harder.
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G: The Secret Life of Madame F

An artist finds inspiration from an unusual source
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Little Pitchers

I heard you drank And didn't stop for coal To heat the porridge; That as you passed The windows On the way Disappointment stared back; That a spaniel...
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K...A Walk With The Pharaohs

About growing up in Egypt. There is too much of me in here to say that it's fiction.
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Lump

A sodden silence stifles the air. A constant wrench churns inside her stomach. Behind her, a door opens and a girl walks out. There's sobbing noises...
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Battle Scars...Chapter Two

Talia walked ahead of Greg into the house and threw her bag on the chair. She went into the den to check the answering machine and he was right...
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Incredible Brummie Brekkie

mulling over the big decisions with a bacon sarnie
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Mama Said

always wear your underwear
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Harvest Time On The Farm

harvest time all the time (edited)
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Remembrance.

Some memories are crystal-clear...
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Bumped Off

The last thing I expected to hear at the airline check-in counter was 'sorry, your seat allocation on this flight has gone'. Hang on a minute, I...
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Phone call, long distance

for my mother... (edited)
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Demons in the Dark

If there's nothing really there, then why am i so afarid&;#063;
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Main Attraction, The

Marlene's physical and emotional journey to escape the restraints of her oppressive home town

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