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			<title>Enda</title>
			<description>When six-year-old Enda is pushed out of his Grandmother&amp;rsquo;s wake and into an adventure of grand proportions.  </description>
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			<title>Odessa and the Storyteller</title>
			<description>When dark storms and life threatening diseases threaten Odessa's island, her people send her looking for answers. </description>
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			<title>Blessing In Disguise </title>
			<description>A young Ballerina, anxious to get home, finds herself stranded on the side of the road. She prayers for help, but more than one answer is in store for her. </description>
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			<title>The Questions</title>
			<description>2 Days after the accident.	That night I didn't sleep, but the hours passed quickly, and when the sun came up I pulled myself out of bed and I showered. Instead of cleaning, I just let the water hit me in the face, and pound on my shoulders. Then, I sat at the bottom of the tub and curled up as tight..</description>
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			<title>The Hospital</title>
			<description>	He walked me back to the house. I could hear Mom, still on the phone. Brenna sat impossibly still, on a chair in front of the computer.	&amp;ldquo;What are you looking at Brenna?&amp;rdquo; John asked.	&amp;ldquo;Savvy's Facebook page. There's a post there. It says, &quot;taking pictures down at the tracks, this is..</description>
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			<title>The Accident</title>
			<description>	We followed her to the car. She opened the driver side door, and stood there, looking into the car like there was a stranger sitting there. The sight stopped me. All I could do was starte. Brenna, more sensitive than me, reached out to Mom, and put a hand on her shoulder	&amp;ldquo;What's wrong?&amp;rdquo;..</description>
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			<title>Words of the Weary</title>
			<description>This is a side story using the characters from the novel I'm working on, On the Wings of Angels.</description>
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			<title>Neverland</title>
			<description>	Wendy took the picture from her nightstand and gazed at it fondly.  The two in it looked so happy.  It reminded her, in a way that was both comforting and painful, of better days. 	&quot;We used to have the most grand adventures,&quot; she sighed, and looked at the man who came to visit her every Tuesday. He..</description>
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			<title>The Skating Rink</title>
			<description>The day of the Accident	With a bag in one hand and the other in mine, John beamed out at the world. 	&amp;ldquo;This is going to be so great!&amp;rdquo; He skipped a little, and my heart skipped with him. He had bought an old run down fixer upper with the little money he had saved, and it had become his bab..</description>
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			<title>On the Wings of Angels </title>
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