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The Ghost of Dunkerley
The Ghost of Dunkerley (1944) by William Henry Long ⭐⭐⭐⭐ My copy of The Ghost of Dunkerley has a dust jacket and was published by Dorrance & Company. It is 43 pages long. It was a gift from my parents. It has an inscription “To my friend Phyllis Liston with best wishes” and is signed…
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Freewriting Fairytale
Someone is here and sitting on the table and is scowling, looking angry yet comical, flipping their stinky, stringy hair back ungracefully. The brick wall is crumbling, once a proud wall that held photos of a family unbroken by grief, held together with togetherness. No one knows how the table has survived all this time…
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18,250 Reasons Why Boys Should Not Smoke
On forum.silentphotoplay.com, we were talking about cigarette ads in old magazines and how they would advertise them as if doctors recommended smoking. This article is an addition to that conversation, and proof that they always knew smoking was bad for you, and to say that they didn’t know ‘to what extent’ that smoking was detrimental…
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A Christmas Adventure – Sallie Freeman
This short story, prompted by St. Nicholas Magazine and published in the December 1927 issue, is about Christmas at boarding school. It was written by Sallie Freeman, age 17. Christmas Adventure By Sallie Freeman (Age 17) (Silver Badge) Bee stirred restlessly in her bed. Why did her family choose Christmas to have the measles? How…