Halloween Night 1987
Stephen J. Bennett gut-shot my friend Lance Russell with a double barrel 12-gauge shotgun on Halloween night, 1987, my eighth-grade ...
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Jonesborough Storytelling Festival
Up close, when I went to shake Tim Tingle’s hand a second time after watching his second performance, I noticed ...
Up close, when I went to shake Tim Tingle’s hand a second time after watching his second performance, I noticed ...
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North Geogia Car Camping
While picking up a rock to hammer in my tent stake, I inadvertently squashed a glossy black widow, its ...
While picking up a rock to hammer in my tent stake, I inadvertently squashed a glossy black widow, its ...
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Out For A Drive, Sunday Style
Jump in the car, follow me. Forget the deep-pocket gas prices for a minute; fill up the tank and toss ...
Jump in the car, follow me. Forget the deep-pocket gas prices for a minute; fill up the tank and toss ...
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NYC ER Part 3: The Conclusion
Carl, in the bed beside me, splashed the walls yellow with whatever fiery fluid boiled in the bottom of his ...
Carl, in the bed beside me, splashed the walls yellow with whatever fiery fluid boiled in the bottom of his ...
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NYC ER Part 2
My hospital bed headboard was against a wall in the shape of a sharp-cornered U that was maybe 30 feet ...
My hospital bed headboard was against a wall in the shape of a sharp-cornered U that was maybe 30 feet ...
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On the Brink in an NYC ER
You’ve surely heard about the video of Esmin Green falling facedown on the floor of Brooklyn’s Kings County Hospital emergency ...
You’ve surely heard about the video of Esmin Green falling facedown on the floor of Brooklyn’s Kings County Hospital emergency ...
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A Ticket to Ride, Part Two: The Cast
As our government bails out loose mortgage bankers for getting in bed with anyone who could pinch the pen and ...
As our government bails out loose mortgage bankers for getting in bed with anyone who could pinch the pen and ...
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A Ticket to Ride
The ticket agent's shirt was wrinkled, sleeves rolled, with the collar wide open around his thick and sweating neck; his ...
The ticket agent's shirt was wrinkled, sleeves rolled, with the collar wide open around his thick and sweating neck; his ...
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Workin' Man
With 30 40-pound bags of concrete in the back of my little truck, I was nearly doing a wheelie on ...
With 30 40-pound bags of concrete in the back of my little truck, I was nearly doing a wheelie on ...
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