Truth Be Told

Truth Be Told

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Good Guys - Bad Guys
Last I saw this place was through the steel mesh windows of a prison van, shackled and belly-chained.
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Apocrypha
Suffer the little children
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On Drugs
I haven’t published in weeks. Not for lack of trying.
Aug 16 • 
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50 words on…
Short life. Few words. Still counts.
Aug 3 • 
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Terminal Velocity
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Currents
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Résumé
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Second Position
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You Don’t Say
The law is surprisingly clear on this.
Jul 19 • 
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Net Loss
The odds of making it to the NHL are roughly 0.16 percent. But I was never good at math
Jul 12 • 
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Résumé
I met Danny at a coffee shop on Woodward, the kind with swivel stools and Styrofoam cups.
Jul 5 • 
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Terminal Velocity
Ready, set, grief.
Jun 28 • 
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Shadow Boxer
A study in damaged merchandise
Jun 21 • 
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Unreliable Narrator
My heart stops, breath caught in my throat.
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The Girl Who Will Not Die
We're thirteen, sprawled on Lizzie's unmade bed, shoulders touching.
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Truth Be Told
Truth Be Told
Short stories from a long life of misadventure. Flash fiction, Creative Non-Fiction (CNF), and personal essays —you have to read to disbelieve.
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