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Month: May 2018

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A New Home for a Historic House in Trumbull

Posted on May 10, 2018May 11, 2018 Mel Johnson

I. John Naeher, director of operations at Christian Heritage School of Trumbull, Connecticut, was in balmy Orlando on a school errand in April 2015 when he received a distressing call. Bob Dunn, the building inspector in Trumbull, had stopped over to look at the dilapidated house on the edge of

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The Alchemist’s Bench

Posted on May 5, 2018February 8, 2019 Mel Johnson

In this fiction piece by Josh Woods, a professor in Missouri buys a glossy black wooden bench adorned with ornate letters of the Persian alphabet at a garage sale for a dollar. The catch? The owner says it’s cursed. … Continue readingThe Alchemist’s Bench

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The Art of Alchemy

Posted on May 5, 2018June 11, 2018 Mel Johnson

By Rebecca Shaw The saying, “You can’t turn lead into gold” has been tossed around for generations when someone is trying to say something is impossible. This saying stems from those who practice alchemy, a mixture of science and magic that tries to turn base metals into more pure substances,

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Opening a Closed Book

Posted on May 1, 2018December 31, 2018 Mel Johnson

A small box of family treasures given to Gayla Mills by her father sparks a journey through the generations. … Continue readingOpening a Closed Book

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Person Behind the Prose – A Q&A with Gayla Mills

Posted on May 1, 2018May 17, 2018 Mel Johnson

By Mattea Heller   Poor Yorick: In your essay, you state, “There’s a story here.” It seems that our lives are made up of a multitude of everyday moments like the one you described in which you were sorting through your father’s belongings. How do you know when one of

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