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DAVID WILLIAMSON: The Last of a Flock

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Take an index card, sketch native species – today, the grey-winged trumpeter – on the upper third, outline with fine-tip permanent marker, shade with multicolored charcoals, copy conservation status, diet, wingspan, lifespan, apply homemade stamp, let dry, laminate, round off corners, toss into the pile, pray for your old trading card buddy.

David Williamson is a mathematician by day, avid reader and writer by night. Many of his pieces cover the topics of health, love, friendship, and what can create or extinguish hope. He loves writing and equally enjoys digging into data and numbers and finding the stories they tell. His first short story was published in 2024 in The First Line literary journal, so he is just beginning his writing career!

BRADLEY HARRIS: Model Railroad

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She stands, trackside, holding his lunchpail. Bright blue dress, matching shoes, red lips, yellow hair, a permanent wave. The diesel rounds the bend same time daily, right after school, halts with that same sudden jerk.

She has her man, a real engineer. He has his girl, waiting for him alone.

Bradley Harris has: one swell girl to come home to, two prize-winning novels, three imaginary dogs, a quadruple bypass, five books to write, six thousand books to read, seven decades of consciousness, eight or nine people who act as if they like him, and ten thousand reasons to be grateful.