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The street on which sixteen-year-old Walter Freely lived had been truncated, sacrificed to the railroad industry that split his town in half to accommodate travelers on their way to destinations he only read about in school. The only buffer between … Continue reading →

by G.L. Kopp Random raindrops created pulsating circles across the surface of the swimming pool as if fish were feeding there while Porter Pumphrey sat watching in his motorized wheelchair. Cool air brushed over him to provide momentary relief from … Continue reading →

CHAPTER 4 But nothing greeted him, not the girls’ hanging cotton garments or scattered shoes or forgotten toys, just an imaginable, infinite darkness. For an instant, he was a boy standing beside Pappy Yocum deep inside the earth as the … Continue reading →