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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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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[K is for Knucklebones Pt 3 Destiny read it twice. Then a third time, because the first two readings refused to change the words into something sensible. She should have put the key down. She knew this with a clarity reserved for bad decisions as they are being made. Instead, she slid the key into [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weekly Writing Challenge 07/01/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[K is for Knucklebones The inspiration for this story is Christopher Golden&#8217;s short story titled: The God Bag. It appeared in the 2021 anthology, Beyond the Veil from Flame Tree Press. Here&#8217;s a link of you&#8217;d like to check it out. Beyond the Veil Without further adieu, let&#8217;s get into it. Continued from 06/24/2026 Filled [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weekly Writing Challenge 06/24/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s try this again. Starting from the top with a new story for the letter K K is for Knucklebones The rain followed Destiny from the highway to the county road, and finally to a narrow muddy lane where the trees crowded so close they brushed both sides of the car. Low gray clouds rode [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Update 06/22/2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First and foremost I want to apologize for vanishing like I did. At the end of April, during a routine checkup I received some news that shocked me and brought my mortality to the forefront of my consciousness. I’ve always known that I wouldn’t live forever, but at 67 I figured I had another twenty [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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