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Joanie is an orpan who lives with her aunt in a poor urban neigihborhood. She longs for so much more in life than what she has. Her life changes after she answers an extraordinary classified ad, put in the paper by the marvelously eccentric Mrs. Applegate. Soon, Joanie finds herself working for Mrs. Applegate and her world is given fresh, new meaning. But Mrs. Applegate isn't who she seems to be. Everything isn't always peaches and honey when Joanie is forced into a life-altering decision inside the deceptive walls of Mrs. Applegate's House of Worship...

A Holocaust Story about a diverse group of Hungarian friends who have decided to throw one last party before they are deported. Tonight they are celebrating their lives and their very existence. In Timothy Kirby's 4000 word short story we are introduced to some very interesting characters from Budapest, circa 1944 and what it was like for them to be Gay Hungarian Jews during this critical time when the Nazi regime threatened to destroy and wipe off the face of the earth such a population.

This Easter, six-year-old Mary Chan is going to have an old fashioned Easter Egg hunt with her Aunt Gerry...oh, the horror! You see, Aunt Gerry is a lonely spinster who lives all by herself on an enormous farm in downstate Illinois. Not to mention that she keeps quite a collection of steamer trunks in her dark, dusty attic. Timothy Kirby's short story, taken from his book, THE SIREN OF SINGAPORE (2010), is one that won't soon be forgotten. So fasten your Easter bonnets,it's going to be a bumpy night!

Your organization is awesome. But sometimes you want to be even awesomer! The Official Do Good Better Podcast will help your nonprofit do good--better! Each episode features (fundraising expert, speaker, event creator and author) Patrick Kirby sharing the successes and challenges of nonprofits just like yours...and helping them solve problems.

Eleven year-old Simon Schreiner has quite an eye for bargains. On this particular day when he goes shopping with his mother, his grandmother, and his sister Maryanne, he gets a little more than he bargained for when he is caught changing the prices on his little goodies. But the main question here that begs to be answered is this: Will Mrs. Schreiner still be in the mood for one of those cool minty shakes after what happens? Find out in this quaint little short story by Timothy Patrick Kirby, which can also be found in his collection of 20 stories, MAD WORLD. Available online at Amazon, ...

This is not a love story. After twenty six years of terror, Claudia Connor has decided to leave her husband, Harvey. Today. On Valentine's Day. She has finally worked up the courage to walk out the door, but it's not going to be easy. This story is dedicated to anyone who has ever been in an abusive relationship and thought there was nothing they could do about. Well, there is. It is NEVER too late to start over again!

Dirk Buckingham thinks the world is his oyster, but he is about to experience a day like no other. With his good looks and charm, he is confident that he can manipulate any woman he meets. When he takes a summer job as a deckhand on the Webster family's yacht, he meets Mr. Webster's two lovely daughters. Both of whom seem to have eyes for Dirk. But what Dirk doesn't realize and couldn't possibly fathom is that he is destined to have a date with another woman who lives beneath the turbulent waters of Lake Michigan, just off the shoreline of the ghost town of Sinagpore. Who is the woman? And ...

Seamus Flannery is seven-years-old and he plans to celebrate Halloween quite differently than most children his age. To him, it is Samhain, sacred holy night of the ancient Irish Druid priests. And on this night, so long ago, a man named Daigh was humiliated by a woman he loved. Now, the time has come once again for Daigh to roam the earth and extract his timeless revenge. And this time it is within Seamus Flannery, a seemingly innocent child who doesn't really know why he's been hearing voices inside his head. Voices that keep telling him to kill those who don't have any respect for this ...

Welcome to SEAGULL ISLAND, up until now, a private island in the middle of Lake Michigan. But they've recently opened up, and inviting 5 lucky guests to spend the weekend with them. Jackie Lutz, and her boyfriend Drew are two of the lucky winners, and they, along with three others, set sail in a rickety dinghy helmed by a weathered man who is proud of his island and wants to show it off. What could go wrong? Isolated in the middle of Lake Michigan with forty people who have eschewed society and built themselves a life here, on Seagull Island, where seagulls are both revered and put to good ...

A boy and his younger sister spend the summer with their parents at their Grandmother's cottage on Mason Lake in Michigan while they are waiting for their new house to be built. A charming story that takes place forty years ago and harkens back to a time when the most important choices that were to be made were which types of penny candy to get at the corner store and how on earth could one go about catching that big frog sitting on a lily pad out on the lake? A story for anyone who longs for the simplicity of yesterday.

Chicago artist Geraldo Lopez faces a bleak and lonely Christmas night by himself. As he locks up his studio in Rogers Park, the snow begins to pile up, and he trudges back to his quiet apartment. Before he gets inside, however, he stumbles upon a figure laying in the snow. Upon closer examination, he discovers a young lady who is passed out and in dire need of attention. This is a story about despair, the isolation experienced during the holidays, and ultimately: hope and redemption. I hope you enjoy my little story. It is dedicated to my husband, Juan, with much love. Happy Holidays to you...

Chester wasn't very popular when he attended the Pine Harbor School system in Michigan. But that was twenty years ago, when he was severely overweight and sat all by himself every day at lunch and when nobody talked to him except to make pig sounds at him whenever he waddled down the halls. That was then. And this is now. Now Chester lives in Chicago and leads a very different life. But he still will never forget what two awful boys did to him in a barn just before graduation. Chester's 20 Year High School Reunion is coming up and this time he plans to attend. To some unfinished business, ...