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An old VHS Tape with the words, "Bad Tape" scrawled on it in pencil.
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Bad Tape

by Dan Hernandez February 28, 2023February 27, 2023

“When a criminal defense attorney warns you not to view something — in this case, a suspicious VHS tape — it’s probably wise to listen.”

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Parting the Waters

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 18, 2023January 17, 2023

“Generations of family memories wash away in Silver Falls.”

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Extraordinary Circumstances

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 1, 2022October 19, 2022

Kenneth Watkins’s son, Kenny, was 6 days old when he was taken away by ACS, New York City’s child-welfare agency. Kenny was then placed with an affluent foster family. To regain custody, Watkins had to prove that being poor didn’t make him a bad father. Despite Watkins’ constant efforts, it took years to get Kenny […]

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Last Resort, Part 1: Let’s Go to Angola

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 26, 2021October 19, 2022

“His father, a broke music promoter, had convinced him they could turn their lives around by arranging a complicated but lucrative hip-hop concert on New Year’s Eve in Angola. It was more complicated than they’d imagined.” The first installment of a three-part story, in partnership with Epic Magazine.

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What My Korean Father Taught Me About Defending Myself in America

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 20, 2021October 19, 2022

“And he said something I would never forget. ‘The best fighter in tae kwon do never fights,’ he said. ‘He always finds another way.”

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Finding My Father Among the Astronauts

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 4, 2021October 19, 2022

“It took more than a decade for me to realize that I never really wanted to become a pilot so much as I wanted to become like my dad, to achieve what others deemed impossible.”

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What A Time To Be In Decline

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 7, 2020October 19, 2022

“Why, a decade ago, did my father give me the heavy gift of a controversial 100-year-old Oswald Spengler tome? It took a pandemic for me to find out.”

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Quote Posts

‘These Were His Mountains, After All’: Remembering One’s Father While Cycling in the Swiss Alps

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 3, 2020October 19, 2022

James Jung thought he rode the winding narrow roads of the Alps to memorialize his dad. He was wrong.

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Chasing My Father’s Ghost Through the Swiss Alps

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 2, 2020October 19, 2022

James Jung thought he rode the winding narrow roads of the Alps to memorialize his dad. He was wrong.

Posted inCurrent Events, Feature, Profiles & Interviews, Science & Nature, Story

Notes for a Post-apocalyptic Novel

by Frederick Reimers August 5, 2020November 4, 2022

When things get hard, we look to our most fundamental relationships. This is the story of a son, a father, a camper van, a pandemic, and the ties that bind.

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