All the Malachi’s
Malachi: the amalgam of certain students during my career as a 5th Grade teacher, the one kid every year …
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The High Dive
“Jump, you chicken!” Laurie yelled, shaking her clenched fist, feet planted firmly on the cement below.
I stood there on the high dive. The long board slowly swayed up and down. My heart beat so loudly that it sounded like a bass drum in my head. I shivered. 90 degrees in the shade, but still my gangly, 10-year old body shook. So did my legs.
Diamonds in the Rough – Part 8 (The Joe Martin Series)
Ken lit up a cigarette. Joe snatched it from his mouth and flung it out the window. “Dad!” Ken yelled. …
Diamonds in the Rough – Part 7 (The Joe Martin Series)
Midweek, Joe furtively called Chumley’s Rest, pretending to be a reporter, and asked about the robberies . From what Mr. …
Diamonds in the Rough – Part 6 (The Joe Martin Series)
Later that day, at dinner while silverware clinked and the low din of idle chatter filled the dining room, Joe …
Diamonds in the Rough – Part 5 (The Joe Martin Series)
When the two men returned in a taxi to Huxley’s, the place was abuzz. A police car sat squarely in …
Diamonds in the Rough – Part 4 (The Joe Martin Series)
During the next few days, Joe talked with the residents and the staff, but came up with squat. Nobody had …
Diamonds in the Rough – Part 3 (The Joe Martin Series)
Estelle stood aghast in the doorway to her room. “My diamonds!” she screamed again. Joe moved his spindly legs as …
Diamonds in the Rough – Part 2 (The Joe Martin Series)
Joe laughed to himself as he sat by the window. Not about Irving or “The Case of the Powdered Eggs” …
Diamonds in the Rough – Part 1 (The Joe Martin Series)
Joe Martin sat quietly on a Saturday afternoon by the bay window in the dusty sunlit living room of Huxley’s …
Tim Steffen 