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I have 202 stories published in 13 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 181867 times and 161 of my stories have been cherry picked.
309 of my 1,304 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 325 votes

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JoAnne Stefanizzi

 

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"Unwanted Magic" 2

The dad stared at the big dog and shook his head with confusion and concern. “I thought I heard that dog speak,” the dad, Jack, whispered to his wife...
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"Unwanted Magic" 1

A blue ribbon of light flew over mountains and grasslands, raced through a forest of trees glistening with morning dew and slipped into the window of...
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"Turn Down the Noise"

Turn down the noise Power off the blue light Disconnect the media Ignore the frenzy Step into the forest Contemplate the lake View art in the clouds...
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The Coffee House Spy" 13

Emily shivered with renewed fear once Brent left the kitchen with that professionally held gun in his hand to answer the door, or attack the visitor...
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"Starlight And Miracles" (A Christmas tale)

The glow of amber light through the trolley’s window highlighted her features and accented her sadness, detectible by the tears glistening in dark...
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309 of my comments have received 325 Great Feedback votes

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I love the idea of a 100

Posted on Sun, 03 Mar 2024

I love the idea of a 100 words a day journal; wish I had the time to start one myself. Maybe when I retire? But that date keeps moving into infinity, so not sure when my leisure begins. But I enjoyed reading your February entries very much and...

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Posted in This Sort of Thing - February 2024 - Early Doors

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Wow...wow...This is so

Posted on Sun, 25 Feb 2024

Wow...wow...This is so interpretive, surreal, filled with twisting images - I loved it! The first verse took me to the white album and of course I love the Beatles (Favorite: John Lennon) so Happiness is a Warm Gun conjured his voice for me but...

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Posted in Catch-me-if-you-can

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I loved this and I think we

Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2024

I loved this and I think we all can sympathize with that stench of industry seasoning the air with unpalatable odors. Where I grew up there was a paper factory...enough said... and I loved your rhyming of each day’s pungent aroma and the shrewdly...

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Posted in Cheese and Onion Tuesday

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Clever Ewan, very clever- and

Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2024

Clever Ewan, very clever- and I fear it too- can't be sure what is real these days. AI confusion abounds, fake images on social platforms, faked voices on robocalls, dead artists singing songs and acting in films- where does it stop--where do we...

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Posted in I'm Afraid of AI

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Off the grid in the bath--

Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024

Off the grid in the bath-- what a lovely idea---I envy you having a bath - I too have gone the way of the shower but I can remember the oveflowing bubble baths of my youth and off the grid! Soaking in a warm bath is a great place to imagine...

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Posted in In the Bath

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Thank you Baker Street- not

Posted on Tue, 13 Feb 2024

Thank you Baker Street- not sure where this came from- was spinning a tale of scientific theories and this came about. I'm glad you liked you.

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Posted in "Life is but a Dream"

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Warm touches in this wedding

Posted on Tue, 06 Feb 2024

Warm touches in this wedding poem; love is the guest of honor here and it is well seated in your words.

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Posted in Joyful, frugal celebration!

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I've jumped in here and now

Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2024

I've jumped in here and now have to go back and read from the start of this funny, very funny, undertaking story.

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Posted in Frankie! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 53)

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First reading, felt a loss of

Posted on Mon, 05 Feb 2024

First reading, felt a loss of someone who touched hearts and the remembered moments at the end are the ones we keep. Second reading, I read it as searching, hoping someone would return. But both readings were profound with those last two lines....

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Posted in We Watched from the Shore

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I've jumped into this

Posted on Mon, 29 Jan 2024

I've jumped into this intrigue and now will have to go back and read from the start -

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Posted in New Directions (6)

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