Tidal Pools
/There is something supernatural…
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I have long been fascinated by shallow pools of clear …
By K. L. Shipley
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This Too Will Fall Apart
/Everything falls apart…
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…customer asks the contractor about his newly paved concrete driveway, “Is this concrete guaranteed”? The contractor replies, “It’s guaranteed to…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreSo Shall It Be Written...
/Aren't all command…
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… can almost hear the roll of thunder behind the words. The decree precludes any possibility of negotiation or exception. Are there any among us who would not like to have such power? Even timid people secretly wish they could …
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreWhen Doves Kill
/Isn't a dove carrying an olive …
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… do it in slow-motion, one pinpoint strike drawing one drop of blood per peck. They would happily kill faster if they had any weapon deadlier than their ….
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreFather Of The Tribe
/Every father has a grandfather.
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…Robert Billups was father to an ever-growing tribe of offspring - children…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreMy Father's Inheritance Is My Own
/Dad and I were more alike…
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…but our children inherit our genes. Genes don't die. Genes are immortal in the same way computer chips are immortal. Flesh and bone turn to dust; genes turn to the next host…
By K. L Shipley
Read MoreGood Stays The Same
/Classics are redeemed…
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… come and go. Good stays the same. I learned this wisdom from a man who fled his native Romania after the communists took over. His name was…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreRedemption
/Benny was a nobody, a nearly…
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…Benny had ever been a Jew, it must’a been a long time ago. Now he’s just a nickel & dime crook, the kind’a guy Chandler would’a called a street punk. Benny looked out for Benny…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreA Place For Her Lever
/I wonder how much of…
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…name was Judy, I think. Don’t remember her last name. She walked in off-the-street looking for a job - just out of high school - with no experience and no particular skill. She was plain, short, a bit of a pudge, and completely…
By K. L. Shipley
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