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Fiction
See allWithin the Stars
After the death of her husband, Olive discovers the healing power of creativity. Olive didn’t know how long she’d sat on her bed staring at…
Imogen’s Journey
After the terrors of Kristallnacht, Imogen’s Jewish family must flee German-occupied Vienna. That morning, the Bernsteins had risen early, creating quite a commotion as they…
Alkkagi
A girl learns strategies for life by playing a traditional Korean game with her grandfather. In traditional Korea, there is a game that requires both…
Memoir
See allAn Unusual Haircut
Carys and her family shave their heads in support of her grandmother, who has cancer. Bzzzzzzzzzzz. The clipper buzzed through my brother Noah’s hair. It…
Halloween Guilt
When neighbors leave Halloween candy unattended, how much is right to take? Every year on Halloween night, I spot something bewildering. I spot something that…
Kindergarten
Avaline is afraid to start kindergarten It was May 2016. I had just turned five. My mom and I were sitting at our large glass…
Poetry
See allJust One
You are just one apple on a whole apple tree but the smallest seed will make the biggest difference eventually
Automat by Edward Hopper
It doesn’t look like an automat, just a building that reeks of steel and machinery and aching backs, with a corner in which a woman…
Explosion in a Shingle Factory
The stairs collapsed beneath her and as she fell, she prayed for her body not to be seen, not painted by a brush, she saw…
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