Deadly Force: A Cop’s Perspective by Mark Johnson

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Deadly Force: A Cop’s Perspective by Mark Johnson

I chucked the life of a CEO and civic leader to join the Mobile, Alabama police department. I was 50.

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#Guns and People Winners Announced

Congratulations to everyone who submitted to the 2018 Memoir Magazine #Guns and People Essay contest! We thank those who have submitted their personal stories ...

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One Year After the Fire by Kevin Taylor

I’d talked with firefighters about extension — how a fire spreads — all the while constructing, mentally rehearsing and refining an elaborate plan for my own de...

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Life is a Fiction By Brandon Daily

I must face my own hurt and my own past, and I must continue on, not a fictional being at all, but one of blood and sweat, and that makes me capable of anything...