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C is for cookie and that’s good enough for me

April 3, 2025

Ok seriously now. “The chief privilege of writing memoir, it seems to me, is the opportunity to go back and …

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U, V, W, X, Y, and Z

May 5, 2021

Thought I would end things with the masters: U – The Unrest Cure ~ H.H. Munro (SAKI) When J.P. Huddle …

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T is for…

April 25, 2021

Thunderstruck ~ Elizabeth McCracken This story was in the Best American Short Story anthology for 2015 after stunning readers in …

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S is for…

April 22, 2021

The Swan ~ Ray Bradbury Let’s just start by saying I love this story. A little romance, a little feminism, …

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R is for

April 21, 2021

The Rats in the Walls ~ H.P. Lovecraft The lesson of this story: Don’t rebuild your home if it is on …

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The Dreaded Q….

April 20, 2021

Ah, the letter Q. The enemy of anyone who has ever traveled playing the alphabet game and banking on the …

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O is for…

April 17, 2021

Omakase ~ Weike Wang Surprisingly, I was able to find several stories that began with O, such as Octopus VII …

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N is for …

April 16, 2021

The Necklace ~ Guy de Maupassant The Necklace, written in 1884, tells the old tale of the consequences of greed. …

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L is for…

April 15, 2021

This month I am participating in the A to Z blog challenge. http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/ The challenge involves 26 posts in April, all …

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M is for…

April 15, 2021

This month I am participating in the A to Z blog challenge. http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/ The challenge involves 26 posts in April, all …

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