Author: Nick
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“Sand Falls” 10/5/20
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Sand as far as you can see. Sand stretched out far and wide from one end of the horizon to the other, sweeping across the land in little waves, the hills that the small motor vehicle crests and descends, its motor sputtering and spitting gouts of foul-smelling black smoke, the…
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“Frozen Sleepover” 10/21/2020
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Snowfall clenched the world in a tight, slippery fist. Tight enough to keep cars and trucks from escaping, but slippery enough that people could escape, usually with minor injuries. There were plenty of wrecks throughout the city, I heard, where cars slid along the sheets of ice compacted and refrozen…
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The Second Adam
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Where the four rivers ran and parted their waysIn the ancient grove in the first of daysThe Image of God woke and stretched out his handsTo join with his Creator in working the clay. One arm round the waist of his ebony bride,He crossed the garden threshold and entered DelightWreathed…