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Monthly Archives: September 2014

My Night With a Muppet and Other Mishegas
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September 24, 2014 by Melanie L.

When I was a young child, somewhere near the age of six, I scared the crap out of my mom. …
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Category: Non-Fiction, Parenting Anecdotes, Weekly Challenge Entries | Tags: absurd, anecdote, DPchallenge, drugs, febrile delirium, fever, hallucination, illness, non-fiction, parenting, surrealism, Weekly writing challenge
The New Anti-Semitism
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September 17, 2014 by Melanie L.

He chose us. You felt threatened. You decimated our numbers, banished our remainders. Stateless for centuries, we roamed, ever your scapegoat. We …
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Category: Micro Stories, Weekly Challenge Entries | Tags: anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, gargleblaster, micro non-fiction, yeah write
Labor Day Reflections on the Toughest Job
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September 3, 2014 by Melanie L.

Twenty-one years ago, my boss, the assistant manager at CVS/Pharmacy store #813, expected me to come to work everyday with a …
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Category: Non-Fiction, Parenting Anecdotes, Weekly Challenge Entries | Tags: challenge grid, DPchallenge, job, jobs, labor day, motherhood, parenting, postaday, single mom, Weekly writing challenge, work, yeah write
Irish Twins
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September 1, 2014 by Melanie L.

Silk raked against sore nipples as mom plodded back to bed. Her lids crashed over bloodshot eyes. His uninvited advance elicited …
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Category: Fiction, Micro Stories, Weekly Challenge Entries | Tags: bedroom, fiction, gargleblaster, irish twins, micro fiction, motherhood, nursing, stork, yeah write

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