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Skip the Reunion

January 11, 2008 in 299 Words, Business, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, How-To, Life, School, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: , | by | 6 comments

Sure, we can find your lost classmates and relatives if that’s what you want but our popular service is the reverse. That’s a misconception. You don’t always have to move to make a clean break: most people are easy to shake. Read the rest of this entry »

Confinement

January 9, 2008 in 299 Words, Crime, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Mandela, novels, Politics, Prison, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: , , , , , | by | 9 comments

Just as the rich man has nothing and no man who has never lived in prison can be free, my jailers were wrong to promise me solitary when the fertile air all around must vibrate with songs Read the rest of this entry »

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The pen name davidbdale honors my mother Beatrice (Bea) and my father Dale

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