Brooke L. Davis

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    Shared Fate
    • May 11
    • 1 min

    Shared Fate

    Carl sat on the cement bench outside the ancient administration office and enjoyed his roast beef sandwich. High above, in the nooks and...
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    Open Road
    • Apr 26
    • 1 min

    Open Road

    Under the same moon birth, death, love, hate, right, wrong - life all stand before us. It is just mileage that separates the sameness of...
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    Bitter and Sweet
    • Apr 14
    • 1 min

    Bitter and Sweet

    Marissa stood in the doorway of the nursery and gazed at the basinnet as late afternoon light filtered through the blinds. She and Tom...
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    Career Hitchhiker
    • Mar 25
    • 1 min

    Career Hitchhiker

    I have chosen jobs as a hitchhiker travels, getting into whatever car stops, and riding until I am cast out to start thumbing again.
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    Homecoming
    • Mar 10
    • 1 min

    Homecoming

    Katie clenched her jaw as she stared at her old house. Its windows smiled like broken teeth, and a plywood front door stood eerily ajar....
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    Truth
    • Feb 23
    • 1 min

    Truth

    You are not your wounds. They puncture, bleed, scab and heal leaving you wiser. You are not your scars. They mark you permanently, making...
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    Talisman of Courage
    • Feb 10
    • 1 min

    Talisman of Courage

    Marta sat in her car as the sun set. Her art opening tonight would be the ultimate in exposure. She clutched the tiny red lacquered...
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    Cold Snap
    • Jan 27
    • 1 min

    Cold Snap

    At 20 below, ice forms long clear crystalline fingers that grip frigid eaves, knuckled talons of winter. Snow becomes pale grit light as...
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    Hand of Protection
    • Jan 6
    • 1 min

    Hand of Protection

    The morning was still cool when Madison wandered into the souk. Copper lanterns, brass candlesticks, and stained glass lamps beckoned,...
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    How the Love Gets In
    • Dec 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    How the Love Gets In

    Kaitlyn wore armor around her heart as a knight would into battle. It was invisible to all but the men she inevitably rejected. She had...
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    No Man's Wife
    • Dec 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    No Man's Wife

    I am no man’s wife, the mother of no child. I live as a single candle burns, alone on the windowsill, a pinprick of light in a dark...
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    The Ring Vendor
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Ring Vendor

    I wandered the streets of Marrakech amidst the din of bargaining and the smell of spices and roasting meat. When I came upon the ring...
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    Envy
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    Envy

    In early winter, I walk the river’s edge as snow falls silent as a dove’s wing on the mountain. Scattered flakes whirl, lifted by the...
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    Last Memento
    • Oct 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Last Memento

    Mary struggled to open the old wooden trunk in the sweltering attic of her late grandmother’s house. When the lid finally popped open,...
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    • Oct 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    Monsters

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    Doom with a View
    • Sep 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    Doom with a View

    Rich and I sat and held hands on the rocky outcropping as the sun rose. We’d chosen to come to the wilderness to watch the meteor’s final...
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    In Love with Uncertain Future
    • Sep 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    In Love with Uncertain Future

    What began as a summer encounter now drags itself inexorably through a painful slog toward an uncertain end. I see what you cannot say...
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    Under the Umbrella
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Under the Umbrella

    As Jason and I left the restaurant after one of my best first dates, I could hardly believe it was raining. I’d felt an instant...
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    Icarus
    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    Icarus

    There were signs, signals, and warnings a subtle crack in the mind, an internal unwinding. Overwhelmed, you fled outward, away, against...
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    The Scent of Summer
    • Jul 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Scent of Summer

    Laila ambled down the dusty trail toward the river. In the distance, the Gallatin Range rose to meet her, ablaze in the morning light....
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