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author, rebel, probably not a cylon https://linktr.ee/radmaggs?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=ba399d95-5dd1-4385-82c7-dc1eef863145

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Chapter Twenty Three Getting picked up from recovery by your family after spending fifty-seven days rewiring your brain and learning how to human is discovering your heart still has room to grow.

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Chapter Twenty Two : Glitter Bomb Mary Anne,

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Chapter Twenty One : Recovery Dear Dad,

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Chapter Twenty : Caught Slippin The knot came free the moment my foot slipped from the chair.

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Chapter Nineteen: Maybe Squelch.

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Chapter Eighteen : PSA When your Dad gives you a cellphone to use in case of emergencies, do not text your boyfriend during the day.

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Chapter Seventeen : Patriarchy Dad’s house perpetually smelled like French toast.

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Keep Your Enemies Close They turned the house inside out looking for what could have compelled a loving wife and mother to walk into a fire.

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Matricide is a Helluva Drug When you murder your Mother, you get to ride with the detective to the station.

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Chapter Fourteen The cops would wake Jordan up soon enough with their clodhopping around the house so I figured I should get the dogs in quietly. Plus, I needed to stage my happening upon Mother’s body and it needed t...

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istg writing a book is just trying to outrun the certainty your book sucks like DRAFT FASTER DON'T LET THE IMPOSTER SYNDROME CATCH YOU

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Chapter Thirteen Mother and Kelly had a fight.

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Mother of an Interlude I have been scared my entire life.

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Chapter Twelve The following transcript of a 911 call placed on October 13th, 2001 at approximately 23:47 hours, was obtained and is submitted into evidence by PCSO Detective Smith, badge 10364

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Chapter Eleven Taking responsibility for Jordan was something I took very seriously, though no ten year old should be responsible for another person.

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Welcome to the Black (Sheep) Parade At the beginning of the year, I messed up.

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Chapter Ten “They don’t make them anymore so, I’m not sure why you have access to quaaludes and I don’t want to know, but they’re a really good way to end up dead, so don’t mess with them.” Officer Rogers caught ...

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Chapter Nine One of the many perks of growing up in a small town in the nineties is the freedom that comes along with it.

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Chapter Eight To Whom it may concern,

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Chapter Seven Seven is as good an age as any to feel the burn of salt in a wound.

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Chapter Five When your Mother doesn’t want to be a mother and she doesn’t want your Father to be a father, the tension of interpersonal gymnastics flips its way right into your bones from the time you’re still par...

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Chapter Four Born in the middle of an Arizona summer, in the middle of the 80s, destined to be a middle child from my beginning.

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Chapter Three Chapter Three

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Chapter Two I’m pretty sure school counselor offices are designed to spend as little time in them as possible.

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Maggie Critchley on Substack MAL Chapter two posts tomorrow. It initially came later in the timeline but my critique partner reminded me MAL’s the star of the show and a little sleight of hand never hurt nobody. There are few b...

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Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"

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As long as there is demand, Stringer Bell will find a way to fill that demand.

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This new author collective aims to strengthen community bonds between local writers This collective aims to create a space for writers of all genres to share experiences, offer tips and provide workshops to help one another succeed in the competitive world of publishing.

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