A traumatized Iraq war veteran returns home to inform the parents of a buddy how their son died in a Baghdad
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By Kathy Warnes Julia Wallingford didn’t flinch when the first rotten egg struck the podium. Instead, she took a perfumed lace handkerchief from her reticule, picked up the jagged pieces of egg shell, stored them in her reticule, and continued to speak. Behind her she heard a gasp and a whirr as Editors’ Choice Award Sebastian, Continue reading The Proven Navigator A long, long time ago, in the olden days when men were men and so were women, a beautiful baby was born. His parents were so proud and happy, but then they noticed that he had a shining golden belly-button. They were shocked and confused and so were the doctors, but the doctors always were, so that didn’t matter. They gave him all sorts of tests and looked in his mouth and under his arm-pits. They were all there (his mouth and armpits) so they decided that everything was in working order and his parents were told to shut-up, that their baby was perfect and the golden belly-button didn’t Continue reading The Golden Belly Button
Editors’ Choice Award The rain was poring down as Andy ran from the office doors to the close, perfectly located bar across the road. ‘Hi Andy. Usual?’ ‘Yes please mate.’ He sat at his usual table and checked how wet he managed to get in the 20 seconds he was in the rain for, pretty damn wet was Continue reading Forgotten by Kathy Warnes Editors’ Choice Award any size Whipple Brush. And I’ll go anywhere in this here country to do it, even though my regular run is the big M- Continue reading The Train Chaser The Storm by Alfred Wellnitz PREFACE The Storm describes the effects of an epic dust storm on a family living in the Continue reading The Storm By Kathy Warnes I come marching barefoot home with Chickamauga dust on my toes, Shiloh dirt under my fingernails and Gettysburg powder in my pockets. Funny thing, Editors’ Choice Award I knocked on my own front door and I had to pound so long I ran a splinter in my finger. I sat on the steps Continue reading Barefoot Soldier and a Blade of Grass by Kathy Warnes “Yes, Mr. Clemmons, I’ll type this letter right away.” I smiled at my boss, knowing that I wouldn’t type it until after lunch and he couldn’t do or say anything about it. I AM the only one in town crazy enough to work for Paul Clemmons.
Editors’ Choice Award In a Continue reading Old Foxy Wasn’t the Only Foxy One! Myra stood in the doorway, Zoe’s leash wrapped tightly around her fist, as tightly as Zoe had wrapped herself around her legs. Both of them were afraid and both of them cried, Myra with silent tears running down her face and Zoe with soft whines.
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August, 2011 Louis Dumkowski wasn’t the smartest kid in his class; he couldn’t be said, in fact, to be the smartest person in any crowd. But, when he was with his friend Cleatus Washington, and when their silent partner, Vinnie “The Enforcer” Williams, wasn’t around, he occasionally surprised himself and everyone around by making Continue reading Sour Note |
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