Category: short story
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Sanctuary | Short Story
She peers out from the leaf-bottom woods, just across the lane from a stately home. It’s safe here, in her little square block lair, the only luxury forested lot left in an exclusive new subdivision. The autumn shadows are her friends, and she is active only at night. It’s a livable arrangement; she literally blends…
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Cow Conundrum | Short Story
The mama cow bellows from the pasture nearby, lined up at the barbed wire fence with her hungry calf and the others. “Bring us some tasty hay,” she calls to the pick-up driving rancher. The other girls join in the chorus: “There’s nothing to eat but prickly weeds and nettles out here.” It’s true. A…
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Paws and Reflect (12): Say Thank You!
The adventures of a dog who followed Jesus.
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Happy, the Laughing Rooster | Short Story
It wasn’t a stressful life, being a chicken at the Johnson’s farm. Mrs. Johnson only kept them for their eggs and never took one for the family table. In fact, her “girls,” as she called them, all had names. There was Penny and Jenny, and many others. But everything changed, one ominous night when a…
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Big Fish in the Front Yard | Short Story
It was a beautiful spring day at Grandma and Grandad’s house, but in the afternoon the sky over their little farm turned black. The wind and rain, that started just after supper, kept pounding the roof until after bedtime. A bright flash of lightning, followed quickly by a loud boom shook me out of bed.…
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Paws and Reflect (10): On the Water
The adventures of a dog who followed Jesus.
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