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SHORT STORY FRIDAY: Ethel

It’s been a week. The Virginia Republicans have the most diverse ticket in their history. That includes the first state-wide nomination of an African American woman. Mask requirements are slowly going away. And Short Story Friday returns. Enjoy. ETHEL The phone rang. There was no need to ask who was calling. “Could you come over …

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Matters of Style

So while I was tying my neck-tie that morning I suddenly saw myself in the glass: My hair all gray, my face like a sodden pie. 15 So I cursed and cursed: You damned old thing! Eugene Carman in Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters One thing that the last forty-seven years of house …

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