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May 14, 2018 by Melanie L.

My maternal grandmother, Ita Chernowetsky, was born in “a beautiful country,” Uman, Ukraine in 1914. Her parents ran a laundry …
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Category: Non-Fiction | Tags: anti-Semitism, emigration, family, history, Ukraine, Uman
Reign of Fear
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November 17, 2014 by Melanie L.

Rainbows over arid land gave credence to His promise never again to flood the peaks. Mankind proliferated. But, infected floodwater …
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Category: Micro Stories, Weekly Challenge Entries | Tags: creedence clearwater revival, fear, gargleblaster, history, Israel, micro non-fiction, micro-story, Noah's ark, peace, poetry, terrorism, war, Weekly writing challenge, who'll stop the rain, yeah write
“Courage” (Fiction)
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July 22, 2014 by Melanie L.

“Wait. R.E.M. and waking stages combine? Sleep paralysis invades while supine causing visions of strangulating hags or threatening assailants while …
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Category: Fiction, Micro Stories, Weekly Challenge Entries | Tags: Dan Rather, fiction, gargleblaster, history, insomnia, Kenneth?, news, news anchor, nightmare, poem, R.E.M., sleep, sleep paralysis, What's the Frequency, yeah write

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