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	<title>The Shattered Prayer</title>
	
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		<title>Story a Day:  Elephant Bones</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard the Previous</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Story a Day:  Does Your Mother Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard the Previous</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, I should just call it &#8220;Story whenever I get around to it.&#8221;  But I like the parallelism of continuing to label these stories &#8220;Story a Day.&#8221;  Here is a slightly revisionist take on a bit of French history.
Does Your Mother Know
A cry of agony echoed through the bedchamber of Charles IX.
His attendants [...]<br/>
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		<title>Story a Day:  Eight Summers In Addis Ababa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is the title that caused writer&#8217;s block.  I started writing it and couldn&#8217;t finish.  But then, the solution came to me and I had to start over from the beginning.  This is the result.  And it is the longest short story so far.
Eight Summers in Addis Ababa
September Summer gave a [...]<br/>
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		<title>Story a Day:  A Simple Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard the Previous</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, so it is fast becoming Story a Month.  I was working on another story, but it just didn&#8217;t feel right.  I didn&#8217;t like it or where it was going.  Leave it to my imminently practical partner Mojo to say &#8220;Then stop writing it and work on something else.&#8221;  So work [...]<br/>
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		<title>Story a Day: Arsenal of Flavor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard the Previous</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, it has been a little more than a day since my last story.  Too much to do at work.  But I finally have the next installment.  This is not an official title.  It is a title that sprang from a conversation with Che Rex.  But it was a title [...]<br/>
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		<title>Story a Day:  The Cardboard Doll</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard the Previous</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When choosing the title for the Story a Day (really, three stories a week), two titles came out, neither one of them that inspiring &#8212; The Cardboard Doll or The Butterfly Wars.  Our instructions were to write two different stories, choose one, or combine the titles.  I choose the Cardboard Doll, but gave [...]<br/>
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		<title>Story a Day: Beggars Would Ride</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard the Previous</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Now for Beggars Would Ride.  Apparently there is a no erotic rule (which I will gladly ignore for a good story) and I originally thought I would do an erotic story for this, but in the end, I went a different way.

Beggars Would Ride
	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse steeled themselves for the quest [...]<br/>
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		<title>Story a Day: Born Into Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard the Previous</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here is the latest story.  I really struggled with this title.  &#8220;Born Into Light&#8221;.  Ugh.  I thought immediately of Lucifer and Heaven and the fall, but I thought it was too obvious.  Worked a long time on it, but this is what I finally came up with.
Born Into Light
The Morning [...]<br/>
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		<title>Story a Day:  Deep Fried Moose</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard the Previous</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This year, Story a Day is really three stories a week.  The second title we were give was &#8220;Deep Fried Moose.&#8221;  Ugh.  Two stinker titles in a row.  But I plowed on through and came up with this.
Deep Fried Moose
April stopped dead in her tracks.  She looked down at Mabel [...]<br/>
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		<title>Story A Day: Roscoe Falls Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here is my first entry for the Story a Day.  The Title was &#8220;Roscoe Falls Reflections&#8221; and I have to admit I hated the title.  But it was the one I had to work with, so I started to work.  Legion fans may recognize the name of the lead character, and that [...]<br/>
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		<title>Story A Day, or Thereabouts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard the Previous</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last year, I participated in a story a day exercise initiated by Stefficus.  I even posted one of my stories here on Shattered Prayer.  Well, it is story time again.  The rules are simple.  A title is initiated at random, and you simply write a story based on the title.  [...]<br/>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Bas!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Che-Rex</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since we heard from Bas. I know that, unlike many of us, he actually does stuff. You know, out there&#8230; in reality.  He&#8217;s been busy with his synths, and I know that&#8217;s something he enjoys, so I&#8217;m happy for him even if it means we don&#8217;t get to see him [...]<br/>
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