Stories
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The tale of the Total Eclipse of the Skirt
The path to a full moon is filled with danger and excitement. Michael Aaron’s recent Facebook posts about his solar-eclipse…
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Ep. 8: Heat Warnings
By August, Salt Lake City felt brittle. The heat pressed down on Marmalade like a hand on the back of…
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Ep. 7: Receipts, Rainbows, and Retaliation
Grant didn’t come over that week. Which was how they knew something was coming. The Fair Housing investigator, her name…
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The tale of a Vegas journey somewhere over the rainbow
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! The road to Over the Rainbow is fraught with danger and excitement. Part…
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Ep. 6: Pride Comes Before a Fall
By the first week of June, the Marmalade District was draped in rainbow everything. Flags fluttered from porches. Crosswalks bloomed…
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Ep. 5: Protected Class, Unprotected Nerves
The shattered glass turned out to be a cheap picture frame in the upstairs hallway — Eli’s college graduation photo,…
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A tale of this side of the rainbow
The road to over the rainbow is fraught with danger and excitement. Continuing last month’s story about my trip to…
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A tale of the Friends of Dorothy
The road to Over the Rainbow is fraught with danger and excitement. Recently, I had the opportunity to go to…
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Ep. 4 Cease, Desist, and Side-Eye
The thump came again. Everyone froze. “That was not the wind,” Mateo said. They crowded toward the living room window,…
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Ep. 3: Fine Print and Fire Escapes
The lease was 37 pages long, which felt personal. They were all crammed around the dining table, except Mateo, who…
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