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I have 807 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 892304 times and 193 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Joseph Xavier Martin

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The Florida Immigrants

By jxmartin on Tue, 15 May 2018

It was the year of our Lord, 1513. The Spanish explorers, who came after Cristobol Colon (Columbus), had pushed further into the Caribbean Sea,...
Travel
Non-fiction
Certificate U

The Perspicacity of Aging

By jxmartin on Thu, 03 May 2018

The Perspicacity of Aging It drives the youngsters up the wall when anyone “over a certain age” intimates that perhaps they have a better and more...
Rant
Non-fiction
Certificate U

Contest on a windy day

By jxmartin on Sat, 28 Apr 2018

A golfing trial on a windy day It was a lovely, late April day in Southwest Florida. We had been to the gym and the library earlier in the morning. A...
Reviews
Non-fiction
Certificate U

English is a colorful language

By jxmartin on Sun, 22 Apr 2018

English is a colorful language. I have always been fascinated by the use of idioms in the English language. Usually, there is no literal correlation...
Reviews
Non-fiction
Certificate PG

OPINIONS

By jxmartin on Fri, 20 Apr 2018

Opinions-Everybody has them “ Cogito ergo sum” is a Latin, philosophical proposition by René Descartes usually translated into English as "I think,...
Rant
Non-fiction
Certificate U

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