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» FEAR, FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP
By Richard Embro-Pantalony | Published 06/25/2007 | SUBMIT SHORT STORIES | Unrated

The year was 1919 and Angelina was tending to her modest fruit store on the main street of town. It was an average day of serving her regular customers, tending to her 2 toddlers and 1 swaddled child in a basket under the front counter so she could keep a close eye on him.

 

Recently widowed, Angelina had taken over ALL aspects of her family’s life so they could continue to survive in her newly adopted country. As a recent immigrant of only five years or so she already had 3 children under 5 years old to care for by herself and this tiny store where she honed her entrepreneurial skills; nearly unheard of for a women in the early 20th century and raising her children alone. Life was difficult to say the least.

Her husband had passed away after a brief fight with the Spanish flu which at the time was ravaging the world with ferocity much like the Great War that had just passed...

» In The Name Of The Father
By Richard Embro-Pantalony | Published 06/25/2007 | SUBMIT SHORT STORIES | Unrated

Robert grew up in small town Canada and led what most people would consider a normal life. He had a wife and two children; he was a real estate broker and a man about town who everyone knew by his first name. Robert could have been mayor if he had any interest in politics. Yes, from all appearances Robert was a well rounded guy.

 

Everyone has secrets and Robert was no different and his would haunt him every night in a way that few people could identify with because his secrets didn’t even belong to him but to his father.

 

Every night before Robert closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep he would pray to God that he would not dream that night. If he were to dream it was inevitable that his dream would be a horrific nightmare that would wake him in fits of panic, covered in sweat several times a night.
» A Hand in the Night
By Super Admin | Published 07/21/2007 | SUBMIT SHORT STORIES | Unrated

I was troubled and having a restless night. Tossing and turning, waking and staring at the time on the clock radio. Apparently deep sleep was not going to happen. It was now 2 hours since I crawled into bed to exhausted to sleep, so it appeared!