On a Halloween dare, a little girl kicks a gravestone and then must deal with the consequences. Truth or fiction? You decide.

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Most of us live rather small and quiet lives, which has its own special charm. But what happens if you are Oppenheimer, the builder of the atomic bomb, knowing that you are responsible for the deaths of thousands of people? Is it possible to go back in time and make other choices? Perhaps, but there are always consequences.

Bill Adler is an American writer living in Japan. He writes speculative fiction: science fiction, magical realism, horror, and fantasy, though he dabbles in literary fiction now and then. You can read his stories on Substack at billadler.substack.com

John Bell is our was our wonderful narrator and he is also the writer, producer, and actor on "Bell's in the Batfry" podcast, which can be found at http://thebatfry.libsyn.com/

Check out Writing on a Train, written by Bob Wallass and Nathan Douglas Hansen on Amazon.com

I am Cathy McCarthy, your host, and I write under the name of C. Mack Lewis. You can find my books at https://cmacklewis.com/

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We've all had our hearts broken, just as we are all guilty of breaking someone else's heart. Think back and examine your own history. Agnes Keith-Wessington pursued Jack in her rickshaw, but who would be haunting you and in what type of vehicle would they be pursuing you?

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Who Was Kipling? A sampling of writing from The Atlantic's past offers a range of views on the many contradictions of Rudyard Kipling.https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/12/who-was-kipling/306588/

John Bell is our was our wonderful narrator and he is also the writer, producer, and actor on "Bell's in the Batfry" podcast, which can be found at http://thebatfry.libsyn.com/

I am Cathy McCarthy, your host, and I write under the name of C. Mack Lewis. You can find my books at https://cmacklewis.com/

Thank you for listening!