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I’m thrilled to share my drabble with you today!! I hope you enjoy it 🙂
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Bloodsuckers
We were sitting on the city dock. I was crying, “I don’t want you to leave.”
He put an arm around my shoulder. “It’s okay, little man,” his term of endearment for me, his five-year-old kid brother. “I’ll write every day.” Ron was eighteen and my hero. Early next morning he was leaving to go to war.
Later we walked along the shore. I got covered with bloodsuckers and he sat me down and picked them off, one by one. I’ll never forget his gentle touch, or how he dried my tears. Or that last day we were ever together.
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Published by Jim Bates
Here are Jim's publications:
Resilience, a collection of twenty-seven short stories, was published through Bridge House Publishing in February of 2021.
Periodic Stories, a collection of thirty-one stories, was published in March of 2021 by
Impspired.
Periodic Stories Volume Two, a collection of twenty-six stories, was published in July 2021 by Impspired.
Short Stuff, a collection of thirty-two flash fiction and drabbles, was published July 2021, through Chapeltown Books.
Something Better, a dystopian adventure novella, was published in July 2021, by Dark Myth Publications.
Dreamers, a collection of thirty-six short stories was published in March 2022, by Clarendon House Publishing.
Periodic Stories Volume Three - A Novel was published in May 2022, by Impspired.
All of his publications are available on Amazon or through the respective publisher.
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theviewfromlonglake 
Wonderful ❤️
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Hi Paula!! Thank you so much 🙂
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very moving. Another life lost to the meaningless war
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Hi Nightlake. Thank you so much for reading and commenting. Yes, I think this one will be expanded to a longer story in the future. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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