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  • A Misguided Solution 1. Dog Stories – A Home of Love and Death

    The courtship of Calvin and Esther is among the greatest love stories ever told of the Bottoms. The two were inseparable and some say that Esther’s influence tempered Calvin’s more aggressive impulses. Others say that Calvin enhanced the aggressive aspects of Esther, who had been known as a very genial girl, but who became an…

  • My Church (Maren Morris) – Shuffle – Playlist 2

    “I don’t understand,” the man said, obviously confused and his forehead bunched over his eyebrows in confusion, his dark brown eyes narrowed with skepticism, “where does it lead to?”  “To your fulfillment, your bliss.”  The man stared at the wide, metallic staircase that was in the middle of the vast field and narrowed as it…

  • A Misguided Solution 1. Dog Stories – The Unbeatable Esther Mae

    Esther Mae Stevens started working at a young age, though she wasn’t even aware of the job. She was assistant manager of Kid Watch, a day care that her neighbor had started in her apartment after she was laid-off at the textile factory that would eventually close and put many people out of work. At…

  • A Misguided Solution 1. Dog Stories – Calvin’s First Dog

    Growing up, Calvin James Barnes had a dog named Spike that his family tied to a tree and fed leftovers and scraps from their dinner every night.  When Calvin was eight years old in Ladoga, NC where he grew up, a hurricane blew through his neighborhood. He had never heard winds make so much noise…

  • A Misguided Solution 1. Dog Stories

    “Would you like to know my earliest memory? You’re interested in my perspective and my memories can give you insight. I was at that house, the one on N— street in the Bottoms where there used to be a convenience store. I was at that house, in the front yard and it must have been…

  • Shuffle – Playlist 2 – 2 – It Ain’t My Fault (Brothers Osborne)

    Many hundreds of millions of years ago, a being was born. It was born from something that was slightly different that meant to make an exact replica of itself, but even though biological processes are dependable enough to propagate a species, they can be unpredictable. Maybe a protein codes wrong and this relatively small error…

  • The Deft Hands of Zacchaeus – 5 – The Thrill Is Gone

    Zacchaeus can’t believe his eyes. He hasn’t moved from the door, his back is still pressed against it like he hopes he will pass through it. He can’t move, he can only watch the unbelievable and listen to the conversation. “Monster,” the spider says in the voice of a human man, “that is an interesting…

  • The Deft Hands of Zacchaeus – 4 – Help Me Some

    Zacchaeus (1) vs the Odd Man (0) in Tunk (*Zacchaeus rules), best of 3 Game 2 continued: “I understand if you don’t trust me,” the strange man says. “I would say anything to avoid losing, which from your perspective is me having to risk my job by granting you access to Sublime technology, but I’ve…

  • The Deft Hands of Zacchaeus – 3 – I Wonder What Have I Done Wrong

    Zacchaeus (1) vs the Odd Man (0) in Tunk (*Zacchaeus rules), best of 3 Game 2: A two and seven of spades, ten and Queen of diamonds, and Jack of Hearts. Zacchaeus draws a seven of hearts.  “Aren’t you curious about your grandmother’s secret? Why she even has a game at her table where a…

  • The Deft Hands of Zacchaeus – 2 – I Be Troubled 

    “Grab that for me, baby,” Mavis Turner said, pointing at the large soup pot that sat on top of the refrigerator. It was too large to fit inside any cabinet. Zacchaeus grabbed it and spun it on one finger; the edge of the circular bottom rested on his finger tip as the large pot rotated…