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A SPACE IN TIME – CHAPTER 4

President Lincoln laughed heartily at Hawk’s line. Mary glanced at him and smiled. It was so good to hear him laugh again. He had not laughed in months. Behind them, the door to…

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A SPACE IN TIME – Chapter 3

The fairly new Ford’s Theatre was decorated festively that April night, due largely to honor its most important guest of the evening. The building had originally been constructed in 1833 by pastor Obadiah Brown…

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A SPACE IN TIME – Chapter 2

Harry descended the stairs cautiously, the stranger’s footsteps echoing below him in the darkness. The man did not hesitate, nor did he look back. He moved as one familiar with the building, confident in…

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A SPACE IN TIME – CHAPTER 2

Harry descended the stairs cautiously, the stranger’s footsteps echoing below him in the darkness. The man did not hesitate, nor did he look back. He moved as one familiar with the building, confident in…

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DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?

A Cold Winter Night in February of 1980 On Friday, February 22, 1980, I went to my girlfriend’s house for dinner after work. She made a nice meal, and afterward we sat down…

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SUPER BOWL SUNDAY SQUARES

The large-screen television was already on, waiting for the game to start, when Willy and his wife, Randi, arrived at the party. Once, this day had meant something — a major event, people milling…

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PROLOGUE TO “THE UNFORGIVEN”

The semi-trailer lay on its side, my trailer twisted like a broken spine, a pickup truck crushed beneath thirty thousand pounds of freight. Steam hissed from the engine block; something groaned. Glass littered the…

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