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J.R. Hughes

@jrhughes

Wife, Mom, Professional, Restorationist, Opiner, Writer

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J.R. Hughes
@jrhughes Mar 3, 2018, 4:03 AM UTC

Introducing my Love: @MadGames

*** That's the love of my life, two years ago, tying two Christmas trees to the roof of our truck because the kids wanted one on the landing to their rooms, and I needed to have one in the front hall…

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J.R. Hughes
@jrhughes Feb 26, 2018, 5:34 AM UTC

A Room Reborn - aka "Where the Hell has Jess Been?"

*** Several weeks back I posted the photo above as part of my BNW Photo Challenge Series and I got a lot of nice comments on it. I like the photo quite a bit myself. At least when I'm able to forget…

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J.R. Hughes
@jrhughes Feb 12, 2018, 5:12 AM UTC

Lovestruck - A Bloody Modern Fairy Tale - Part Two

*** Read Part I *** Twelve months ago to the day, Lizzie had come down from Princeton for a “girls’ night.” We had made it halfway through our second bottle of Gewürztraminer before I woke up alone o…

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J.R. Hughes
@jrhughes Feb 10, 2018, 7:35 PM UTC

Lovestruck - A Bloody Modern Fairy Tale - Part One

*** The sun is just dipping toward the horizon when the knock I've been expecting for seven months comes at last. My hand is already on the doorknob when I recognize him through the sidelight. I star…

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J.R. Hughes
@jrhughes Jan 29, 2018, 5:57 AM UTC

Drone

*** NOTE: This story was written for the Scribes and Scribblers Writing Competition. It's the first thing I did as a newcomer to their Discord server and I'm really excited that this story won, and I…

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J.R. Hughes
@jrhughes Jan 27, 2018, 6:11 PM UTC

5-Minute Freewrite Collaboration - DEVIL DOG

*** ## Celebrate! Today's Five-Minute Freewrite is so special because it is the 100th daily prompt, and @mariannewest came up with a commensurately special plan: Grab a partner and do-si-do. @Raj808…

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J.R. Hughes
@jrhughes Jan 16, 2018, 3:58 AM UTC

50 Word Story - Time

### Time You heal all wounds, they say, and smile sympathy. I tuck away treasured, torturous pictures, and wait. You crawl and stumble. You pass and pass. A knock at the door. A rueful, beloved, face…

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J.R. Hughes
@jrhughes Jan 10, 2018, 1:27 AM UTC

Hair o' the Dog - Part 3 of 3

*** Start with Parts 1 and 2 *** But it isn’t a gun. Nor is it a box of memories. It’s worse. As my dead wife’s mother turns toward the house, I see she is straining to carry the sixty-five pounds of…

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J.R. Hughes
@jrhughes Jan 5, 2018, 4:20 AM UTC

Joyful Loss - A Fifty Word Short Story

*** *** ### Joyful Loss Locks drift to the floor, landing hard. Eleven years I’ve cultivated this: you, more your own than mine. A small thing: a braid you couldn’t make yourself. A small thing you n…

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J.R. Hughes
@jrhughes Jan 4, 2018, 10:01 PM UTC

Hair o' the Dog - Part 2 of 3

*** Start with Part 1 *** It's just ahead. A beacon of light in the darkness. Surrounded by the crumbling structures of lives surrendered to the desolation of this "neighborhood," our home gleams lik…

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