Certificate 15
Ages 15 and up
The Kept Ledger (2)

The first page. Dated. A name. A specific grievance. Written in a hand that was not hers but moved the same way. 4/7/83 — Dr. Rowe. Said it was God's...
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The Kept Ledger (1)

The couple was going to fight over the quilt. Gayle saw it the minute they walked in—the woman holding her auction paddle like a hymnal, the man...
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The Light 1
All around her was darkness. She was naked. That's all she knew, but that was darkness too. She knew that she had legs and that she could move, but...
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Picture Imperfect
Sometimes, a call can be heard. A call to return, to try again. Sometimes, it should be allowed to echo. A fateful encounter, long ago, caught in a...
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Wrong Number
‘Ode to Joy’ sounding out and filling the space of her apartment. Raising her eyes to the heavens she dropped the mixing bowl and rushed to find the...
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- 27 reads
Revulsion in the Seventeenth Century
Oh by Gad, the smell of juice! I see it's you, with face of puce. The food was bad, I'm sick and loose! I blame the cook, and a rotten goose. Well,...
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- 36 reads
Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (9)

Part 8 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-8 With the revelation, a chill ran through them. This was BIG. Thoughts...
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Price Less

In the Roman tradition, land was measured by the iugerum - the amount one yoke of oxen could plow in a day. The measurement contained the animal. The...
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The Sweetest Thing

There is a cup I keep filling. Each morning I fill it. Each morning it is empty and warm. I have learned to love the weight leaving my hands...
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