She’d fought against it for so long. She hadn’t thought that this day would ever come. She’d dreaded it, longed for it, prayed against it, prayed for it, wept over it, laughed about it, and yet here it was. Everything she knew was about to change. Everything unfamiliar for which
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A Writer's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Gerry and Adele
I’d just picked up my prescription when Gerry took off down the road. Our town isn’t that small geographically, but it is–was–a one industry town, and when the factory closed, people moved out. It’s not a new story, and it’s one that’s been repeated all across the country, ever since
Continue readingA Writer's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Better Late Than Never
I’ve been meeting weekly with a writer friend to play at writing. I have tea, she has a latte, and we write randomly for fifteen minute stretches. I’ll be posting these mini-stories weekly until I run out! Here’s today’s installment: He had waited twenty years to return it. He had
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