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Conor’s Song

February 24, 2014February 24, 2014 Mark Eifler

I wrote this early in the pre-dawn morning of September 10, 1989.  Two days before I had gotten up and gone to work, and late that evening we were about to go to bed when Karen’s water broke and we … Continue reading Conor’s Song

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Hot Iced Coffee

February 5, 2014February 5, 2014 Mark Eifler

It made no sense.  Pulling quickly into a drive thru, I ordered an iced mocha.  “Do you want that hot?” I was asked.  No, iced.  “Yeah, but do you want that hot?” I wasn’t sure how to respond. More interestingly, … Continue reading Hot Iced Coffee

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Home Star

January 22, 2014January 25, 2014 Mark Eifler

I wrote this short story in the fall of 1984, while I was a student at UC Berkeley, studying the American West and Native American history.  I sent it to AIM Magazine, and they published it in their Spring, 1985 … Continue reading Home Star

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