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Short Story: An Unlikely Friend
© 2020, Jori Hanna A note from J. J.: When I wrote this story, I had just engaged with an interesting tweet on Twitter from J. Federle (@JFedereleWrites). The tweet read: You inherit a mansion… if you live in it 1 month alone.(Day 4) Whispers emit from faucets.(Day 11) Your shadow is crooked.(Day 21) Your Read more
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Short Story: The Pembrook Academy for Gifted Children
© 2020, Jori Hanna Brandon looked at the list of names, reviewing the addresses before him and glancing up at the trailer park he’d parked outside. This one kid had potential. Maxwell Jones. Three years old. Perfectly healthy son of a single mother, abandoned by his father when he was one. The guy didn’t even Read more
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Book Review: All the Lost Things by Michelle Sacks
🖋 🖋🖋🖋🖋 This book is a unique read. It takes a very skilled writer immersed in the voice of the characters to pull off what Sacks pulled off in this novel—telling the story from start to finish from the perspective of a seven-year-old. This is a suspense novel for those who love soap operas—more family Read more
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Short Story: A Night in the Snow
© 2019, Jori Hanna The snow had nearly blanketed the ground completely when my target finally left the shop. I watched from the parking lot as the neon open sign flickered off along with the rest of the lights sharing their warmth with the world through the shop windows, filtering out past the mannequins displaying Read more
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Book Review: Run Away by Harlan Coben
🖋 🖋🖋🖋🖋 This book is expertly written and I enjoyed every part of it—the plot twists, the unveiling, and the mystery itself kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat. 🔪🔪🔪 This book gets three knives for violence. There are quite a few murders, but the way they’re written (mostly) leaves the gore Read more
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Short Story: I Saved Him
© 2016, Jori Hanna Strange times call for strange measures. What I did that day should never have worked. I shouldn’t have escaped. Not from them. They were the strongest, the fastest, the most equipped people out there, and I got away from them. But that’s not all I did. I also took down their Read more
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