And Adam looked back at the gates of the garden God had driven them from and saw the angel there, with the fiery sword, to prevent them ever entering again. Eve turned to see what he was looking at and said “Well , what are we supposed to do now.” She put her fists on her […]
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Three Marys
Apr 9
Three Marys by W A Adams Three Marys on the road going to a tomb One old one younger one in bloom Hurrying thru a world changing as they sped The dark of the first new day ‘The sun is coming’ the oldest said She carried frankincense to anoint the dead The shadows grew lighter on […]
$4,000.00 Per Word
Mar 27
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My first-born son; recipient of centuries of Highland blood, wavy red hair [ he was the wonder of the hospital nursery – the only newborn the oldest nurse there had ever seen born with long red hair ] keen-witted, native good humor, easy-going, soft-spoken, with the heart of a lion. When I stand before the judgement seat […]
A Parable
Mar 7
Once upon a time there was a little boy named Frank who lived on a farm with his mother, father, brothers and sisters. Frank was five years old. One morning after breakfast; when the men had gone to work the fields, and his older brothers and sisters were off to school; Frank found himself with […]
A Ghost Story
Aug 29
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Inside they found Maria, in her tattered, mudstained white dress,laid on her childrens cot. Her once graceful feet were swollen and torn, caked with mud. Her arms were folded across her chest and in each hand was a stone from the river. She was dead.
The Shape of Fear
Apr 7
“He had been to touch the great death, and found that, after all, it was but the great death. He was a man.” Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage He did not belong here, and he was afraid. He never tired of telling whoever would listen that his being here was […]
NADOR SMILES
Dec 29
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On the wall above my desk hangs a photograph. A picture of a woman I have never met, and probably never will. After many attempts, over several years, I’ve been unable to gain any more information about her, or the circumstances of the photo, than is given in the caption of the picture. So, I deduce what I can […]
Angels in the Dark
Dec 20
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No one knows what angels look like. There are a wealth of popular images, in movies ,books, and on television. There are songs, plays and paintings, but no one really knows. Why? Because angels usually come in the dark. Why? Because that’s where the people who need them the most usually are. In the dark. In December […]
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