A slice-of-life that takes an honest look at one of the most puzzling characteristics of human nature and how people sometimes interact with one another…
Author: Owen Richason IV (Owen Richason IV)
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Remember the Raisin!
The Battle of New Orleans is considered one of the most important American victories in the War of 1812, and one man helped to turn the fight against the British from a lost cause to a triumph that would seal the end of the Second War of Independence…
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Forever Moments (Slice of Life)
A slice-of-life short story about a tween boy who is becoming a young man and his changing relationship with his parents...
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Pretty Penelope’s Pernicious Perfidy
Pretty young Penelope and her husband have everything they could ever want and more, courtesy of his shrewd business sense that offers them a life of luxury. Unfortunately, he desires a simpler lifestyle, one free of all excess material trappings. But, she’s got a trick up her sleeve to keep things just the way they are, even if it means having to sacrifice their marriage…
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Between the Lines (Slice of Life)
A slice-of-life short story about a girl's ostensible struggle with screen time and her parents' attempts to understand her unusual behavior...
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Of Vikings and Indians
Around 1000 AD, a group of explorers sailed over 2,200 nautical miles from Grœnland to North America in search of exotic treasure. But, what they found instead caused the intrepid Norsemen to hastily abandon their only settlement and quickly retreat back to Scandinavia – nearly 500 years before Columbus ever set foot on the New World…
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To Whom We All Owe a Great Debt (Slice of Life)
A slice-of-life short story about the struggles of a Gold Star Family who must deal with a heartbreaking situation…
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Devil’s Bliss
A small western town is harboring an awful secret. It’s supposed to be a short stop along the way for former outlaw Brody Ray Byrne, who is determined to start anew. But fate has different plans for the wayward Irish immigrant…
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Fumbledierk (Slice of Life)
A slice-of-life short story about a young, talented athlete who must overcome his biggest weakness at a pivotal point…
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The Plot Against Black Tom
In the summer of 1916, the first world war raged in Europe and although the United States stayed officially neutral, a powerful blast equaling a 5.5 magnitude earthquake erupted in New York Harbor in the dead of night, shaking nearly every civilian in a 90-mile radius awake, some of whom were violently thrown from their beds, while the Brooklyn Bridge shuddered wildly from the enormous shockwave…
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Fifty for One (Slice of Life)
A slice-of-lilfe that tells the incredible and heartwarming story of a young man who takes the initiative to right a wrong…
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The Middle Grounds
A young boy experiences his very first deep-sea fishing adventure with his father on their brand-new center console boat. But his giddy excitement turns to sheer panic when dangerous elements intrude on their lively, memory-making excursion…
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Envelope Envy (Slice of Life)
A slice-of-life short story about a working-class girl who wrestles with doing the right thing, even though it would mean losing a friend…
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Talent Alone (Slice of Life)
A slice-of-life short story about a gifted musician who hides a secret from those who most admire his mastery...
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Salem Poor’s Plucky Patriot Performance
In the first year of the American Revolutionary War during the colonies’ campaign for independence, one former slave fights so valiantly that more than a dozen continental officers recommend he be officially recognized for his bravery and loyalty to their cause…
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Nine is Not Enough
After a man rescues a frail lone mountain lion cub, he and his family nurse it back to health, and while raising the cougar, experience many exciting and dangerous adventures over the years…
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It’s All Downhill Now (Slice of Life)
A slice-of-life story about a young boy's experience in overcoming unfounded fears on a family vacation to a popular theme park...
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The Peculiar Past of Posted Children
A year after introducing its parcel service in 1913, the US Post Office struggled to define what could and could not be sent, as people tested the boundaries by mailing coffins, construction bricks, puppies, freshly-laid eggs, snakes and other reptiles, small farm animals, and even their own children, from one location to another…
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Short Yet Still Circuitous (Slice of Life)
A slice-of-life short story depicting the experience of a kind soul who helps to reunite a lost dog with its family…
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The Unbelievably Bizarre Burmese Belligerents of World War II
In 1945, during World War II, British and Indian Allies pushed Imperial Axis Japanese troops back at a crucial battle in Burma, forcing them to die resisting or to retreat into a forested swamp, where the enemy would find themselves surrounded by a fierce, primordial foe who took hundreds of their lives in the most horrific ways…
