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I have 820 stories published in
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My stories have been read 1069971 times
and 199 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Joseph Xavier Martin
My stories
The Seiche of 1844
From the novel "Buffalo Beachers" -Joseph Xavier Martin 1844 The Seiche rolls across Buffalo In the shore side lee of the wall, a small beach grew...
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A Gathering of the Lads
The band played with the ardor of a group of mendicants attacking a free lunch. The bunting and posters were hung in a lavish array of red white and...
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- 456 reads
Good Intentions
Good intentions often aren’t enough When we were younger, our schools and parents trained us to be of service to others. The practice probably...
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Pictures in the Clouds
Long ago and far away, in a land beneath the clouds, there lived a simple watermelon farmer named Waldo. He was a distant cousin of the famous “Jack...
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The Beachers
For the last few generations, on the outer fringes of Buffalo’s waterfront, sat an old industrial area that had lain waste for generations. Nothing...
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- 577 reads