Short Short Stories and Briefs

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The author, a former English and journalism teacher, had written and stashed away poems, essays, plays, short stories and books. Her greatest delight has come, however, with the writing of Billionaire, written when she was 95 years old.

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Teresa Thurman, a hospice nurse traveling home late at night after watching her patient slip into eternity, is terrorized by a pick-up truck driver repeatedly ramming her car to push her off the deserted road. It takes a miracle to protect her life. As soon as his wife dies, Marshall Killgore sits by her bedside, touching her ivory cheeks, her nose, and the lips he has never kissed. Agonizing memories make him face a heartbreaking realization. For several months, Molly Hunter, in her grief, has blamed her husband for the death of their little girl. He now blames her. Together, they are about to learn news that will change everything. When two senior citizens hit upon an idea to cure their "matchmaking" daughters, the plan backfires.