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					<description><![CDATA[K is for Knucklebones Continued from 07/29/2026 Destiny clamped her mouth shut. The tune stopped, but the last note continued to vibrate behind her tongue. On her left forearm, just below the elbow, a comment had been written on her flesh in ballpoint pen. I was nicer when I forgot. The handwriting was hers. She [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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					<description><![CDATA[50 years ago, at 17, I held up my right hand and swore an oath to protect the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. Served five years as an armor crewman with three deployments to West Germany, and came home to start my civilian life. I served with a number of men who fought [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weekly Writing Challenge: 07/29/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[K is for Knucklebones part 6 Continued from 07/22/2026 Hers. The room disappeared. She was eight years old and under the table, knees hugged to her chest, trying not to breathe too loud. Jonah crouched beside her, his face streaked with dirt, his eyes enormous in the dark. Above them, Elsie’s footsteps moved across the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weekly Writing Challenge 07/22/2026</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I originally started doing this challenge it was to help me focus on writing short stories, something I&#8217;m not really that good at. To help me really focus my time I would only allow myself one hour to get 500 or more words done for each installment. But with this one I&#8217;m trying a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weekly Writing Challenge 07/15/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[K is for Knucklebones Continued from 07/08/2026 The following pages were worse because they were much neater. Elsie’s handwriting had become careful, reverent, each line spaced like scripture. The bones are not dice. Do not shake them for sport. Do not cast them in anger. Do not cast them where mirrors may see. Never ask [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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