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  • Nagaloka Buddhist Center – Website Writing

    With a great deal of excitement, Nagaloka Buddhist Center is overjoyed to announce the addition of a Monday evening in-person session, beginning Monday, January 30th. Taking place from 6:30pm – 8:00pm, this is a wonderful opportunity to begin the week with community, peace, and purpose; centered around meditation, the Dharma, and discussion, Monday evenings will…

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  • Going From ‘Crigler Kid’ to Post-Transplant Adult – PicnicHealth

    Condemned to a life of medical woe before even being born, I emerged as a 1-pound, 13-ounce premature miracle. With skin that was nearly luminescent because of inexplicably severe jaundice, I began to attract immediate attention from concerned professionals. Halfway through a three-month stint in the NICU, I was diagnosed with Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Type One…

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  • The Man in the Field

    Thomas Aidan Hiscock – Mussel Cove, Falmouth, Maine – 2025 *** Deep in the woods, where the hills are lonely and the wind whispers to the moon… Lies a field. The grass is tall, swaying in the breeze – gossiping; chattering; passing secrets… And in this field stands a tree –   A hanging tree.  From…

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  • Fishbones

    Thomas Aidan Hiscock – Mussel Cove, Falmouth, Maine – 2025 *** Gunner paused –  Hanging from his mailbox was a bait bag – just a raggedy, red pouch – nothing more… If it hadn’t been for the full moon and the message, well…  He sighed, kissing a cigarette.  “Fuck!” He knew the drill… “Pay late…

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  • Worms

    Thomas Aidan Hiscock – Mussel Cove, Falmouth, Maine – 2025 *** I woke up tasting blood. Biting my lip, I tried to rally saliva but only managed bile … and a grimace … Oh, fuck me … and more blood. Blood doesn’t taste like … ‘pennies’… Blood tastes like salt and sex … Blood tastes…

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  • The Neighbor

    Thomas Aidan Hiscock – Mussel Cove, Falmouth, Maine – 2025 *** Fuck.  Here we go again…  There! It was barely a whisper, as bashful as that leak in your tire – you know, the one that’s always got you in the driveway – neck bent, knees screaming into the rock as you try to find…

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  • Anna and the Orchid

    Thomas Aidan Hiscock – Mussel Cove, Falmouth, Maine – 2025 *** In the waning days of May, as the world burned with hidden fire – Anna sat on the beach, digging her feet in the sand. Waves caressed her ankles as plovers scurried by, dancing in the surf. Anna gazed at the water, at the…

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