A young couple with a small daughter experiences a rash of problems, including car trouble and late bills, but stumble into a turn for the better in an unlikely place…
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Dream Small (Slice of Life)
During an exclusive interview, Johnathan “Jack” Carter, a self-made multi-millionaire, reveals the secret to his success and why he’s giving away nearly all his fortune to charity…
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Green Pill, Red Pill
An alcoholic, desperate to quit, takes part in an experimental test that promises to remove any urge to drink, but the cure comes at a considerable cost…
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Sisters Crossing (Slice of Life)
A slice-of-life short story about an adopted child who meets his birth mother for the first time since she gave him up to a family over twenty years prior…
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Just Another Day at the Office (Slice of Life)
An interesting slice-of-life that recounts a ‘typical’ hectic day that presents a number of challenges…
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Why did God Create So Many Animals? (Slice of Life)
A slice-of-life that explores how one young student goes about answering this very simple, yet complex question…
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A Dark Harvest Yields Light
Abandoned by his mother only a few months after his birth, Taft had to rely solely on his dysfunctional dad. A man who always kept his word but could be very cruel at times. By the age of fourteen, the teenage boy knew what he wanted to do in life. So, he carefully laid out a plan: graduate at the top of his class, earn a degree in finance, and join a prestigious firm. But, one obstacle would be extremely difficult to overcome – the continued presence of his ne’er-do-well, alcoholic father. Thankfully, his dad’s many years of harvesting in...
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From Kindness to Incredulity (Slice of Life)
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…
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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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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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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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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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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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Rays (Slice of Life)
This slice-of-life short story depicts a family vacation and a little boy’s experience with bright rays of sunshine, baseball, and stinging fish…
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The Simple Pleasure of Pecan Pie
A young immigrant woman flees her over-domineering family and a pre-arranged marriage in hopes of living a life of independence. But the cultural divide shock and making it on her own proves more than challenging — until she unexpectedly meets a man who could be the right one…
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The Wristband
A pre-teen boy experiences many uneasy and awkward moments as new feelings for a special girl begin to arise, but they’re at odds with his embarrassing predisposition to avoid revealing his secret…
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The Light on the Other Side of the Graveyard
In a remote, small town, residents are fearful and suspicious of an eerie light that dimly shines from the edge of the cemetery every night. Legend has it the light comes from a ghost of a former resident, long ago killed in a tragic accident, who patrols the gravesites. When a young man passes through, he befriends the village’s only orphan, a boy who lives on the margins of the community’s society. With the help of his new friend, the young man unravels the mystery behind the light…
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The Great Birdbath Debate
A grandfather recounts his freshman high school debate club experience that pitted him against the smartest girl in the class. He tells his granddaughter about the face-off and how it changed his entire life. She learns a valuable lesson, which neatly applies to a set of circumstances she’s currently going through, and resolves a very pressing personal issue…
