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In my teens, I read Salem’s Lot, and discovered a love of horror and Stephen King. But I didn’t read Carrie or see the movie until just this year. I expected it to scare me, but… I found the story heartbreaking. Yes, it was violent and gory and suspenseful… but it was so sad that […]

Dual and Duel. A unites, E divides. Vowels are powerful, I say to U.

My papaw died two weeks ago today. It’s probably impolite to say that he died instead of he passed away, but I’m afraid if I’m not direct with myself, I won’t accept that he’s gone. He’s not kind of gone or even somewhere else, he’s dead and gone. And frankly it’s been killing me. There […]