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I have 832 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 1143627 times and 201 of my stories have been cherry picked.
26 of my 560 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 27 votes

Joseph Xavier Martin

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Vaya Con Dios, John McCain

By jxmartin on Mon, 27 Aug 2018

Johnny, we hardly knew ye The title is in fact from that of a favored novel about the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. But in many ways, it...

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Muscular Thumbs

By jxmartin on Sat, 11 Aug 2018

Muscular Thumbs It was a bright, sunny morning in Amherst, N.Y. We found ourselves in the Fitness 19 gym, on North Forest Rd. At our advancing age,...

Rant

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Brotherhood of the befuddled

By jxmartin on Mon, 06 Aug 2018

The pressures of paying rent or mortgage, and all of the other collective bills in a family’s life, was a burden that most men carried daily into...

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A Drilling from the Dentist

By jxmartin on Sat, 04 Aug 2018

A Drilling from the Dentist One of the more prevalent fears, that most of us have from childhood, is a visit to the Dentist. Most of the apprehension...

Rant

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