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mariokieferDec 14, 202112 minRebellionThe alarm went off at 7:00 a.m. jarring me from my slumber. Usually, I do not use an alarm choosing instead to allow the warmth of the...
mariokieferOct 31, 20214 minPiercing the VeilThe man looked up to the sky where he new that the moon, while not quite full, hung overhead. His rational mind argued that it was the...
mariokieferJul 24, 20212 minThe MaskI sat in my car outside of the little market. I wanted to go in, but I had forgotten my mask, and I knew that if I walked into the store...
mariokieferMay 29, 202110 minThe DragonI remember that day in 1973 like it was yesterday, although it was almost fifty years ago. On that Saturday morning, my brothers and I...
mariokieferApr 24, 20213 minThe Cacophony of SilenceThe fight started innocuously enough — they usually did. They were fighting over that stupid doll; the one that Gam-Gam gave them for...
mariokieferMar 28, 20219 minMan on A LedgeI stood watching the crowd that ringed the mid-town building not far from the delicatessen where I often had my lunch. As the man who...
mariokieferFeb 27, 20217 minThe FatherHe sat up in bed and swung his legs over the side. He sat this way for what seemed a decade before he pushed his body (a body that grew...