Stories tagged “Kim Lemon”
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Hardtack and Brittle Bones
“Hey you boy!” a gruff voice shouted to my slumped, tired back. I choked on the hard bread they had given me, as I slowly turned around to face the owner of the voice. A tall man stood about five feet from where I was slouched, a thin-lipped grim...
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The Murder of Manzanar
We drove past a barbed-wire fence, through a gate, and into an open space where trunks and sacks and packages had been dumped from the baggage trucks that drove out ahead of us. Inside the bus no one stirred. No one waved or spoke, they all just stared...
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The Murder of Manzanar
We drove past a barbed-wire fence, through a gate, and into an open space where trunks and sacks and packages had been dumped from the baggage trucks that drove out ahead of us. Inside the bus no one stirred. No one waved or spoke, they all just stared...
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Unwanted
“But David…I…I…Why?” I stuttered, unable to believe what was happening. “I’m sorry Kalyla. It’s just not right anymore. You know? You’re not in the wrong here, I’ve just changed.” David ...
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Game time
Aw man… I thought, grimacing as I looked at the sticky mess on the bottom of my sneaker. It must be an omen of some sort… I trailed off. I had no idea what this was supposed to mean. But I am big into omens and signs and stuff. My team was ...