The Incident at Woodlawn Point by Linda Spear

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The Incident at Woodlawn Point by Linda Spear

But then, there was the boy’s life at stake and the man was obviously breaking the law. I realized I had shot him, that the whole problem had fallen into my la...

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Besos, Not Borders by Ana M. Fores Tamayo

She needed to know more about where I began: my past as a refugee child.

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A Quiet Exceptional Depravity By Michael Coolen

I left the seminary upon my conclusion that God was both a psychopath and a myth, and Christ had never existed. I saw no future for a priest who was an atheist.