The Fortune Teller’s Aunt by Jami Amerine

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Listen here to The Fortune Teller’s Aunt by Jami Amerine read by Jami Amerine! Or on your favorite podcast app!  Or read it below … take a beat, take a breath, and let’s begin:   Nelda made the swift four-block trek from the bus stop at the corner of Maple and Pine to her building.  Although…

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In Its Place by Janyre Tromp

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Listen here to In Its Place written by Janyre Tromp read by Jami Amerine! Or on your favorite podcast app!  Or read it below Hi! I’m Janyre Tromp, author of the upcoming WWII-era novel Shadows in the Minds Eye. Actually, I’m both an author and a book editor. So that pretty much means that if my…

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Dreams by Suzann Smith

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Listen here to Dreams by Suzann Smith read by Jami Amerine! Or on your favorite podcast app!  Or read it below   “Good morning,” Sammie grunted in reply to the entirely too cheerful “Good Morning, Mommy!” she had received from the little pixie who had come to steal her sleep. “Mommy!” The little creature continued with…

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Adelaide’s Sanctuary

Adelaide's Sanctuary

Listen here to Adelaide’s Sanctuary by Erica Brock read by Jami Amerine! Or on your favorite podcast app!  Or read it below Adelaide’s Sanctuary  Adelaide lay upon her canopy bed holding a cold compress to her cheek. She waited for the pain to subside but the chilly fabric could not soothe the throbbing wound that went…

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Living Life as Gracie

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Listen here to Living Life as Gracie by Jen Lindblad read by Katie M. Reid! Or on your favorite podcast app!  Or read it below   Living Life as Gracie Hi. My name is Gracie. Well, that’s my new name since he came and saved me from that awful place where they were killing me every…

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Brie’s Treasure by Sarah Seefeldt

Listen here to Brie’s Treasure by Sarah Seefeldt read by Katie M. Reid! Or on your favorite podcast app!  Or read it below   Brie’s Treasure If trees represented families, Brie imagined hers as a poor neglected sapling with one little branch. She grew up as an only child without any cousins around.   Brie’s mother…

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Boxes of Desperation by Jennifer Ross

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Listen here to Boxes of Desperation by Jennifer Ross read by Katie M. Reid! Or on your favorite podcast app!  Or read it below   Jill opened her garage door and stared at two rows of what she liked to call “the brown beasts”.  They were actually brown dusty legal boxes they had brought back from…

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The Best Worst Day Ever by Jami Amerine

Listen here to The Best Worst Day Ever by Jami Amerine! Or on your favorite podcast app!  Or read it below Hi! I am Jami Amerine And this week’s remarkable thought is inspired by a story I wrote called Best Worst Day Ever,… take a beat, take a breath, and listen in  “Melissa, you are being…

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Mama Knows Best by Carrie Cox

Listen here to Mama Knows Best by Third Place Contest winner Carrie Cox! Or on your favorite podcast app!  Or read it below!     Mama Knows Best by Carrie Cox My best friend Liz and I parked outside Mississippi College to watch their men’s soccer game. Our friend Bo had just made the team and…

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Christmas in July by Katie M. Reid

Christmas in July

Listen here to Christmas in July an excerpt from Katie M. Reid’s A Very Bavarian Christmas here! Or on your favorite podcast app!  Or read it below!     Excerpt from Chapter 1 (of A Very Bavarian Christmas by Katie M. Reid):  Behold, She Will Be Called  Holly couldn’t believe this was her actual life. She…

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