The Search for Hosea As Daniel pulled the door shut with a thud, the first raindrops began to fall, and he peered into the graying day. “Was planning on cleaning the basement today.” Daniel’s mother sighed in disappointment. She muttered something to herself that Daniel could not understand. “I guess you always end […]
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This Item of Power Ezekiel groaned. He looked at the front door of the shop. He looked at the garbled shapes of letters painted on the glass. “Welcome,” the door read, but Ezekiel only knew what it said because of the countless times he had pulled open the door himself. Ezekiel’s eyes wandered from
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The Devil in the Bathroom Papers shuffled in the open room. Pens scratched on wooden surfaces. A young man behind Isaiah sighed. Another in front of him threw his head back and rubbed his face in stress. Isaiah looked down from his seat. He looked across the classroom and over three dozen heads. He
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The Wannabe Production Jeremiah stared at the deep crack that ran from one end of the ceiling to the other. He remembered the first night he had moved out of his parent’s house into this one. He remembered the heat of that day, almost an entire year ago. It was a hot August evening,
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The Hospital Room Isaiah sat in a dull room. He thought the walls were green, but he was not sure. Its lightbulb was dying. Soon, it would be gone, and the room would be plunged into darkness. And the little color he now saw would be gone. He knew that. The little light that
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Chapter Four: Father Figures Daniel gave one last look at the neatly scrawled note from his secretary. He did not throw it out, as was his habit. He instead opened the small top drawer on the right side of his desk, cleared some space, and set it down as if the slightest movement would
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Chapter Three: The Testing of Ezekiel Fleet Part 1 “Hands up!” the man barked. Ezekiel’s hands rose. He stared at the muzzle of the gun. His eyes ran along its gleaming silver barrel. The man’s hands were large. The tips of his fingernails were black. His hands were encrusted with dirt, maybe from
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Chapter Two: Big Jim’s Peanut Butter Bars The milk man’s truck backfired just as it did every morning, and Ezekiel’s eyes popped open. He sat up in bed. He looked out the window. The milk truck backfired again, more quietly as it turned off Ezekiel’s street onto the next. The city was dark. Except
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Chapter One: Russet, Dying Day The car breaks squealed as Hosea pressed the pedal. He turned the wheel and felt the front right tire scrape against the curb. His foot pushed harder. The vehicle gave a slight jerk before it settled. “You seem nervous,” She said. He nodded. He stared out the windshield.
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