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Wisconsin, 1931—Everett Star has not forgotten the woman who nursed him back from a serious injury years ago. When Ruth Alexander arrives on his farm having escaped the man who murdered her father, he sees it as a second chance at love—if she agrees and they survive the trouble she brin
Fireside News Short Story Archives
Fireside News Short Story Archives
Scarlett’s Christmas Dance
December, 1929 – Chicago Scarlett Powers did not have a shy bone in her thin body. Her bright red hair might as well have been an electric light, attracting attention to her like bugs to said lamp. Her smile dazzled and her eyes hypnotized. Yet she hid behind a subtle…
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A Salvageable Valentine’s Day
Woodvale Hills, WisconsinFebruary 14, 1931 Rebecca Gene secured the handkerchief around the brown hair she piled atop her head as she assessed the trash can full of compost materials she needed to set in the alley. The garbageman would be by for his Saturday rounds shortly and she’d lugged it…
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