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I have 793 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 818073 times and 186 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Joseph Xavier Martin

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Lenten Fish Frys

Lenten Fish Frys In an Irish Catholic neighborhood like South Buffalo the Friday night fish fry, during Lent, is a ritual as unbending and as regular...

Save it for good !

Save It For Good It is an expression from child hood that I still sometimes use. Growing up in a large family, with limited resources, meant that...

The Origin of Stories

My niece, Jennifer Grisanti, a Los Angeles based film and movie script-writing consultant, posted an intriguing comment the other day. “The void...

Land of The Free

“The Land of The Free” During the late 1960’s, our nation nearly came apart at the seams. Dissent and protest sprung up everywhere. Not only was the...

Traffic Lottery

The Traffic Lottery I almost killed someone the other day. That sounds a bit dramatic I know, but it is never the less true. We were driving along...

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