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A Misguided Solution 3. Heartache and Pain – Tragedy Everywhere
The next day, Tamarvan and I sat across from one another and it felt less like I was sitting with a horrible man who I probed for justification for horrible acts committed. We weren’t friends, but our meeting the day before had definitely humanized him. He wasn’t a rabid terrorist who only wanted to murder…
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A Sublime Excursion – Issue 7 – Something New
An Earther in the Fonlands – 4 What is happening? What have you gotten me into, Zacchaeus? It is true that the majority of my being is on our Earth, but it is also true that the majority of my consciousness, my control, lies within you. If you were to perish with this me inside…
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The Story (Brandi Carlile) – Shuffle – Playlist 2
“When I die,” Marie said, “I really hope no one makes a fuss. I’ve arranged everything. My will is clear, all you have to do is follow the directions. Most of it is automatic, you’ll just need to show up. If you want to of course. I won’t hold a grudge if you don’t.” Lyle…
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A Sublime Excursion – Issue 6 – A New Earth
An Earther in the Fonlands – 1 “Is this Earth?” Zacchaeus asked as he stood from the grass in the swamp that was alive with what he assumed to be fireflies or other bioluminescent insects. The water of the swamp that he had fallen into glowed as though the swamp was wired with hidden lights.…
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A Misguided Solution 2. An Education – Miss Education continued
Esther told Tamarvan everything the police had told her and he stood in the living room of his home in shock that his friend was missing; Yusef who got the paper for Mrs. Jenkins every morning because she used a walker in her old age, and who would volunteer as a tutor at the community…
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The Deft Hands of Zacchaeus (2022 Annual) – Issue 1 –
The Master vs the Deft Hands “Why would he do that?” Gregory asked. He was hunched over his knees, staring at the portal Wazad had woven into the space between the two of them that broadcast the scene of a man named Zacchaeus with a smoking, black hooded cloak as he opened a portal big…
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A Misguided Solution 2. An Education – Miss Education
He had no way of knowing that Yusef was being beaten in a vacant lot on a rural South Carolina road. Tamarvan was miles away at a football game taking pictures with the camera he had chosen for the school’s yearbook staff as the editor. Tamarvan could often be seen at school functions, blending into…
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Rogue One (Logic) – Shuffle – Playlist 2
Shareetha gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. He was born with a full head of hair and his skin was the same color as his mother’s. He had his father’s scowl, Shareetha saw it as he squirmed and yelled, but there was something about the shape of his face that allowed her to see…
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A Misguided Solution 2. An Education
As our first visit together wound down to the end, I wondered if I should tell Tamarvan Barnes the truth. He’d made it clear that he’d only agreed to speak with me because I had mentioned VIV, but I hadn’t told him that I didn’t actually know VIV. Or Viv as I had presumed she…
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Coming Back (James Black, SZA) – Shuffle – Playlist 2
“Why do you do things that I hate?” “I don’t do them to make you mad, I’m just trying to keep sane.” “You do understand that the things I hate are the things that hurt you? I hate to see you in pain.” “I know, but some things that you think look painful, aren’t so…