The gambler

I really hate amateurs. Especially amateurs with guns. If people can’t afford to lose, they shouldn’t play poker. Unfortunately, some people don’t get that. They seem to believe that anyone can gamble and make money.[…]

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Luck and love: xii

Facing his father, Michael nearly fainted. He felt his vision start to go black and fought it. He lost for a moment, but he remembered to breath as his father patted the chair next to[…]

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Bar snack

When I was 35, I lived right on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, overlooking Muscle Beach and the White Men Can’t Jump basketball courts. My neighborhood was a frequent location for movies, and for television[…]

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Alex's first one

This incident happened to me when I was In my twelve.I still have not been able to completely remove this incident from my memory.It haunts me every single day of my life.My Aunt,I feel had[…]

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P.o.v. – three times over.

P.O.V. – Three times over. People experience things differently, hear things differently, remember things differently. This story is about an incident involving three individuals. It is told three times, once from each person's point of[…]

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Lesson one

Most of the stories I have written so far have been excerpts from my adult life ( or friends ) but I thought I might relate a story or two about my graduation into adulthood.[…]

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