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I have 813 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 986357 times and 195 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Joseph Xavier Martin

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Conversations With a Blockhead

By jxmartin on Mon, 02 Sep 2019

Conversations With A Blockhead It was a rainy morning in early September, the last throes of summer on Labor Day weekend. We had been to the gym...
Rant
Non-fiction
Certificate U

For Grandchildren Everywhere

By jxmartin on Sun, 18 Aug 2019

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...
Surreal
Story
Certificate U

The Christening

By jxmartin on Sat, 17 Aug 2019

T H E C H R I S T E N I N G The small wooden church is storybook in appearance. It has ornate wooden carvings, with colorful, stained-glass windows...
Spiritual
Non-fiction
Certificate U

FIRST COMMUNION

By jxmartin on Thu, 15 Aug 2019

FIRST COMMUNION The chilly winds swept over the Lake Erie ice. The mist and damp, of an overnight cloudburst, lingered and added to the feeling of...
Spiritual
Non-fiction
Certificate U
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The 1950's in Buffalo, N.Y.

By jxmartin on Thu, 08 Aug 2019

“ A Piece of the Banner” Chapter II The 1950’s in Buffalo Within the bounds of our ethnic communities in Buffalo lay the further distinctions of...
Talecatching
Non-fiction
Certificate U

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