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Cristof

@cristof

Writer, teacher, history geek. Nerd. Whatever.

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Cristof
@cristof Feb 16, 2018, 9:08 PM UTC

Speak Ill of the Dead (Part 4, Conclusion)

In which we find out that there's always a way to turn minor to major. Part one is here, part two is here, and part three is here. You'll be lost if you don't read them, and I think I can safely prom…

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Cristof
@cristof Feb 10, 2018, 8:05 PM UTC

Speak Ill of the Dead (Part 3 of 4)

Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here. You'll wanna read those. http://idighardware.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Brooklyn-Apartment-Fire.jpg I let myself into the dingy flat, put some soup o…

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Cristof
@cristof Feb 3, 2018, 7:08 PM UTC

Speak Ill of the Dead (Part 2 of 4)

When last we left our heroine, she was burning the clothes of her failed relationship, and saying goodbye to her late boyfriend's apartment with a dumpster fire (symbolic, that) and a confession. Tha…

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Cristof
@cristof Jan 24, 2018, 3:54 PM UTC

And All Of A Sudden, I'm a 25

http://evolutionaryparenting.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Baby_Cries2.jpg I spent a lot of time and energy last year getting to a 56 rep score, and today I log in and I'm a 25. I'm not sure how thi…

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Cristof
@cristof Jan 10, 2018, 2:36 AM UTC

Speak Ill of the Dead (part 1 of 2)--Original Fiction

## Speak Ill of the Dead https://ak2.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/20977852/thumb/1.jpg Part One of Two We had been dating a long time when Albert died. He did not "pass away", like the preacher said…

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Cristof
@cristof Dec 27, 2017, 5:51 AM UTC

Garden Gnomes

http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/static/photo/1x/Imp-Ceramic-Ceramic-Figures-Garden-Gnome-Garden-2421276.jpg The man next door is a gnome. No one knows but me. That must be very lonely. Maybe he…

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Cristof
@cristof Dec 7, 2017, 5:00 PM UTC

Work In Progress

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m4mJd-fP6cg/Wc0FJ9So1qI/AAAAAAAAAjU/4Z-kMkVVMM4OijElZfGc5_zfrQFuJGmfQCLcBGAs/s1600/Typewriter.jpeg photo credit My dear, lovely friend and sometime editor Lyz Schulte just…

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Cristof
@cristof Nov 21, 2017, 5:10 PM UTC

Stand As Gods (original fiction)

Everyone knows the story of Leonidas and the Spartan 300 at Thermopylae. But there was another side to the story. https://www.realmofhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Spartan_Army_facts_4.jpg St…

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Cristof
@cristof Nov 15, 2017, 10:04 PM UTC

Why I'm Not Posting to Steemit

It's not what you think. Actually, it's not you. It's me. Specifically, I got a book contract, and that made posting hard. Then I got another one. That made it exceptionally difficult. Then school st…

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Cristof
@cristof Oct 10, 2017, 7:40 PM UTC

I Kind of Hate Halloween.

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2013/06/09/17/04/sweden-123784_960_720.jpg Halloween has busted out all over, which I dislike. It's a stupid holiday, filled with teaching children to beg, as if doing i…

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