http://slow.writerscafe.org/DistantEcho The original writings of author Echo en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776333553 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I had the most lovely dream. In it, all I saw was Ma, smiling down at me from her little Heaven cloud. My Da wasn’t there; neither were my dead twin siblings, Maggie and Benny. Just Ma. Sunlight streamed behind her, making me squint to see her properly. She reached down, her palm open for me t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DistantEcho/1044240/ We decided to name our ship the Coffin Ship. A disease floated around the ship. It was different from what was killing our families back in Ireland. This gave people fevers and chills, vomiting and a bad case of diarrhea. It was over crowded; I had barely a square foot to myself. The only blessing i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DistantEcho/1044235/ The potato crops had failed us. I always knew that it would happen, what with the famine happening all throughout Ireland. But I had always hoped that the disease that was turning our crops to black mush would skip over our village. No such luck. We had been scraping for food for months, since we ha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DistantEcho/1042609/ When an Irish girl emmigrates to NYC, she turns to the company rag-tag newsies. The boys treat her like family, but what happens when they strike against the most powerful man in New York? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DistantEcho/1042605/