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The fall of democracy started small, just a scattering of pebbles down a steep hill: a bigot in power here, a draconian law there--until the...

Mike woke up early on graduation day, despite not being able to fall asleep the night before. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes...

The envelope was hidden behind the fireplace mantle for decades. Somehow, it had fallen down a narrow crack where the mantle had pulled away...

“THE PEOPLE, UNITED, WILL NEVER BE DIVIDED!” Lainey got chills as the megaphone crackled to life and the chant rippled across the crowd. Eve...

Lily had the ability to see other people’s bad luck coming. When her coworker, Glenda, was about to knock her favorite coffee mug off the de...

Pablito was lying on the long fiberglass bench under the front window of the laundromat. The air was thick with the smell of detergent and b...

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Image generated by ChatGPT “Remember, wherever you go, the stars are watching over you!” Louella paused after saying her last line of dialog...

Image Gnerated by ChatGPT "I will not release crickets in the classroom," Mitchell wrote, for the one hundredth time. He put his p...

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Miss Tilly found the teacups shoved in a cardboard box on the back of a shelf at the thrift store. They weren't even on the right shelf;...

Mrs. Jacobs settled into the front row of folding chairs in the all-purpose room in the Community Center that hosted the monthly meetings of...

Bryan hadn't wanted to move. He'd liked living on the family farm in Delaware, where he'd spent so much time roaming the fields ...

"Bosley! Get out of there!" Bosley flinched as the lid of the trash can slammed down just inches from his snout, blocking the love...