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The ghost of Harold Harwood haunts the Hamlet of Ironville in Essex County, New York,  The hamlet is just a neighborhood, really: the Congregational Church with large windows flanking its … Continue reading A GHOSTLY VACATION IN THE ADIRONDACKS by Edward Pontacoloni

I don't want to associate the experience with the word 'vacation,' but it was a trip away from home. Many details of that nightmare trip have thankfully faded, but one … Continue reading A Vacation I’d Rather Forget by Duane L. Herrmann

"Mabel! Mabel!" John excitedly jostled his wife in bed sound asleep as soon as he got to his home in Phillipsburg, Kansas. He hadn't yet begun to undress this night … Continue reading Strangers Passing Through Town by Duane L. Herrmann

ascertain-assiduous-derivative-existential-plethora-prudent-Sisyphean-subsequent-trepidation-worrisome At first he knew that it was an existential problem—that sadly, a worrisome decision he must make. While he was normally assiduous in his thinking, and always prudent in … Continue reading Untitled by Leslie Sittner

I would like to tell you about my great grandmother. Her name is June, but everyone in our house calls her “Ma”. I am her best friend. I live with … Continue reading Ma by June Kosier

It was a library, an ancient one, I could tell by the style of the shelves and stairs. No library like that had been built in hundreds of year, and … Continue reading Library Post card by Duane L. Herrmann

No warning. Card says“Arrive Friday for a week”Too bad we’ll be gone

Calvin CoolidgeChristmas In July The last post card I received was an antique one commemorating the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas” I did not receive it at Christmas time. … Continue reading Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind.” by June Kosier

I’m writing to you to see how you are, thankful that we’ve found a way to communicate across this vast distance between us and eager to see if we can … Continue reading To Peggy Across the Universe by Diane Kendall Stevens