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I have 798 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 833405 times and 187 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Joseph Xavier Martin

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The Red Death Comes Calling

By jxmartin on Sun, 15 Mar 2020

“In your face, Coronavirus.” Poe’s eerie villain, “The Mask of Red Death” has come calling. We are susceptible to its ravishes, like everyone else on...
Rant
Non-fiction
Certificate U

Pani Shoppers

By jxmartin on Fri, 13 Mar 2020

Pandemic Panic? It was just another shopping day for us. The South Beach Diet, that we are on, calls for lots of fresh ingredients. It seems like you...
Rant
Non-fiction
Certificate U
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Wine Country- Southern California

By jxmartin on Sat, 07 Mar 2020

Temecula, Southern California’s Wine Country If you have never heard of this area before, you are in league with us. We were only tipped off to the...
Travel
Non-fiction
Certificate U

Lenten Rituals

By jxmartin on Thu, 20 Feb 2020

In an Irish-Catholic neighborhood like South Buffalo, New York the Friday night fish fry, served during Lent, is a ritual as unbending and as regular...
Spiritual
Non-fiction
Certificate U

Drifting Through Winter

By jxmartin on Tue, 11 Feb 2020

The air is gray and heavy with frost. The snow makes a crunching sound as you trod upon it. It is cold out, at five degrees below Zero. It is early...
Talecatching
Non-fiction
Certificate U

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