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A is for Ambroseburg

on March 27, 2020
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A is for Ambroseburg

↓ TranscriptA is for Ambroseburg. A way off the old highway is a small town. The first settlers there were Tabby Delbert and her children. Her husband Ambrose vanished from the campfire one night. The rest of the wagons went[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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F is for Foothills

on December 23, 2023
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Distant hills and valleys populated with Delbert women in black dresses and bonnets, feeding chickens and carrying wood to a fire where meat is roasting. Men dig a hole and children watch as an older relative nails boards over the entrance to some kind of underground bunker. Near the road, they hide in the trees and underbrush, brandishing weapons as they watch a passing cyclist.

↓ TranscriptF is for Foothills. The Delbert family has lived in the hills since their grandparents' grandparents were babies. They're good climbers and sometimes they go into the mountains. No hunters go there — that's Delbert ground. They hunt deer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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I is for Investigate

on January 10, 2026
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In a dark, cluttered room, a young woman sits before a laptop, staring wearily. In the bed behind her desk, a wiry, white-haired man is shouting something while clipping the toenails of his sole foot. Layers of tattered maps, photos, letters, and other printed matter stretch across two walls, connected by string and thumbtacks. A mirror above the dresser reflects the view outside the window where a disembodied leg (in camo pants and boot) stands in the moonlight, noticed only by the cat. Outside, tracks suggest that the leg has been hopping door to door through the neighborhood.

Okay, I got so carried away with the back wall in this image that WordPress won’t let me display it big enough for you to zoom in all the details. Click on the thumbnails below to get a closer look.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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