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What it's like when your college interview is conducted by an FBI agent.
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You turned down backstage passes, our friends asked? Are you CRAZY?
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The last person to know me from moment one was reaching the end. What did she want to hear from me? What did I want to say to her?
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Virtual Seder like it's 1999.
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Our hearts all skipped a beat, so you can imagine the child’s terror, her scream piercing the waiting area.
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Spring break on Aruba? Oh yeah! There was only one problem.
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But little hands lifted the top of the garbage pail,
and discovered the resting place of the gumdrop tree.
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We did not relish listening to praise and platitudes about a woman who was, to put it charitably, hard to get along with.
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The flyer—featuring a jolly Santa and offering floor models, repossessions, and a choice of linings—was in spectacularly bad taste.
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The Interrogation
Prompted By Interviews
/ Stories

Mystery Guest
Prompted By Fame
/ Stories

The Four Things I Told My Mother in Hospice
Prompted By Forgiveness
/ Stories

Gustav and the Rugrats
Prompted By Spring Celebrations
/ Stories

Phantom of the Opera
Prompted By Potpourri (Writer's Choice)
/ Stories

Missing Out on Aruba
Prompted By Spring Break
/ Stories

The Gumdrop Tree, by Myron Unger
Prompted By New Beginnings
/ Stories

Grace
Prompted By Grandparents & Grandchildren
/ Stories
Written in response to How We Like Our Eggs

Klearance Sale
Prompted By Pranks and Practical Jokes
/ Stories
