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October 2014

Photo Story #73

written by Leslie

He stared out at rows of pumpkins. Gourds. He remembered his mother-in-law’s lecturing voice. How would he know which one to pick? We need the perfect pumpkin. A shiver traveled…

October 31, 2014 0 comment

Photo Stories

Photo Story #Halloween Fears

written by Leslie

Uncertainty. It lurks in the shadows like a predator awaiting a moment of weakness. It hovers like a shroud of dense gray fog on a July afternoon. It frightens like…

October 30, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #71

written by Leslie

The morning skies were dark and all her pictures a muted gray. Then, as if Touchdown Jesus heard her prayer, the skies turned a sparkling blue. When the dome rose…

October 29, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #70

written by Leslie

She’s had a crush on him since sophomore year. Her best friend helped her bake the cookies, and tomorrow before the game she’ll leave them at his locker with a…

October 28, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #69

written by Leslie

She took her sweaters and jeans and jackets. She took her grandmother’s china cabinet. And she took her anger and her laughter and that flip of her hair. All she…

October 27, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #68

written by Leslie

Every year he waits for the lightning storm. He hadn’t been ready that October night when the lightning had taken her from him. That would never happen again. Those flashes…

October 26, 2014 0 comment

Photo Stories

Photo Story #67

written by Leslie

She loved the colors of Fall: deep reds, soft browns, golden yellows, and fiery oranges. She loved the way those colors floated so gracefully through the crisp air and settled…

October 25, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #66

written by Leslie

They say when one of us goes rogue, we must leave the herd. I just left because I was annoyed. But now it’s the cars. And the cameras. Maybe if…

October 24, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #65

written by Leslie

The runners bounced around, shivering in the thirty-degree weather, when the rainbow appeared. She snapped a photo with her iPhone. No need to search for the pot of gold. Remembering…

October 23, 2014 0 comment

Photo Stories

Photo Story #64

written by Leslie

It was going to be a cold one. Coldest winter on record. He didn’t mind chopping the wood in this rain. Anything for Maria. He’d nearly finished when her…

October 22, 2014 0 comment

Photo Stories

Photo Story #63

written by Leslie

The subway car emptied little by little at every stop. “Last stop, Coney Island,” echoed in the empty station. No blinking lights. No color. No hearts to spin giddy by…

October 21, 2014 0 comment

Photo Stories

Photo Story #62

written by Leslie

C’est mon premier jour en France . Je suis très nerveux . Il a toujours été mon rêve de vivre à l’étranger . Il semblait glamour … jusqu’à maintenant .…

October 20, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #61

written by Leslie

A pumpkin latte calls for a sweater. Pumpkin bread fresh from the oven should steam the kitchen windows. It was October, but it was still popsicle weather. All she wanted…

October 19, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #60

written by Leslie

It was October, but it felt like a sizzling July afternoon. Friday night they’d driven off. No plans, no map, no destination other than “away”. She asked him to stop…

October 18, 2014 0 comment

Photo Stories

Photo Story #59

written by Leslie

There was so much in his bag. His wallet. The Mont Blanc pen he’d saved for. The post-it with his cousin’s phone number. Also the cruise brochure and the divorce…

October 17, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #58

written by Leslie

Everyone laughed. They said it was just a game and one for nerds especially. She’ll have the last laugh, though. Returning as Scrabble Queen with the $500,000 check will show…

October 16, 2014 0 comment

Writer's World

It's Here! Introducing Isla's Inheritance by Cassandra Page

written by Leslie

If there’s one thing that could be better than a publisher picking up your debut novel, it must be the day your debut novel releases into the world. And I’m…

October 15, 2014 0 comment

Photo Stories

Photo Story #57

written by Leslie

The stage had been set. Literally. She’d simultaneously dreamed of and feared this moment for a week that felt like a lifetime. Would they like her? Would she stumble over…

October 15, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #56

written by Leslie

Somewhere far off in the distance the buffalo roamed. There’d been deer and elk and prairie dogs more abundant than ants. The clouds hung low, nearing clipping the tops of…

October 14, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #55

written by Leslie

It seemed so silly now—splitting the wood and stacking it in this heat. Sweat poured off his face and streamed down his back. His grip on the splitting wedge kept…

October 6, 2014 0 comment