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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 24
The angle of the sun was approaching its nadir as the guests around Perfidia’s table finished their meals. The uncomfortable silence in the room was...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 23
Perfidia walked down the stairs but stopped when she saw Jon; had he waited for her? “I told you I wouldn’t be long;” she shrugged, continuing down...
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"Silence"
War inside my head explodes with feelings of disbelief and despair, paralyzing me with debilitating sorrow a sorrow painted by my anger at the...
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Endings
In the days that follow, we will fall into a depression and battle stomach wrenching pain at the incomprehensible diagnosis and seeing the ravages of...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 22
There was just over an hour and a half left before sunset when the doorbell played Beethoven’s Für Elise. Perfidia’s eyes widened and she looked at...
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Wow! Keansburg, NJ- Your
Posted on Fri, 27 Sep 2019
Wow! Keansburg, NJ- Your story brought me there too and since I've also been there, it was extra special fun for me to visit it again in your words. If I remember correctly, from the boardwalk you could see the Manhattan skyline and the...
Read full commentPosted in Life and Death Under the Hudson
I woould worry about signing
Posted on Tue, 08 Oct 2024
I'd worry about signing on for that premium package but...I did wonder if this mishap was the big argument Spencer was setting up? Could he be bluffing; is he able to disconnect his arm and reconnect it at will? Maybe he's testing Vanessa? I'm...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You...Part 37
up to date again and still
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
up to date again and still loving this strange world with advanced androids. Now that Spencer has a friend who is like him, I wonder how it will change the dynamics between him and Vanessa; how will it change him? And the introduction of Steve,...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You.. - Part 34
This has become an addictive
Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2024
This has become an addictive read for me...I’m on pins and needles waiting for the next, new episode of this unique story. I love that Spencer is turning more human and having more complex thoughts and, science fiction thriller alert, how those...
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The wild imagination of
Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2023
The wild imagination of childhood is precious; anything-everything-is believable to a child. I so enjoyed reading this with my Saturday morning cup of coffee, both brought a smile to my face.
Read full commentPosted in The Curse of the Thing in the Jungle
I've just caught up again,
Posted on Wed, 23 Nov 2022
I've just caught up again, and I’m truly enjoying this story. Still can not wait to learn the thoughts of the mother and how this will turn out for the children. You've created great characters, dimensional and believable, and built on their...
Read full commentPosted in Runaway Mother chapter 19
The late 60’s and 70’s were
Posted on Tue, 18 Oct 2022
The late 60’s and 70’s were formative years for me too.I am there with you Jenny. The music fed our souls. The days of youth were awareness personified and anything was possible, felt possible, and the music was the background to it all. Losing a...
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Lovely walk on a crisp wintry
Posted on Fri, 07 Jan 2022
Lovely walk on a crisp wintry day and fully appreciated, I am sure, after an illness has passed. I was happy to hear you are over it and much enjoyed this stroll over the icy path, breathing in the fresh air and enjoying the quiet, frosty...
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I love poems of nature and
Posted on Sat, 29 May 2021
I love poems of nature and this is so beautifully descriptive, I could see the petals wanting to unfurl, feel the anticipation of that moment. This is such a well written piece of poetry I will surely read this many more times. Thank you for...
Read full commentPosted in In the shadow of geraniums
So dimensional this corner
Posted on Mon, 24 May 2021
So multi-dimensional this corner poet - I can see the human spirit and your ending line brings the pain into focus. And the first lines "the only even prime is two" is something to ponder. (no man is an island, or shouldn't be)- Thank you for...
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