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These timeless stories from ancient Greece or Greek mythology have been reinterpreted for modern audiences in engaging and ...

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The last eight episodes of Blue Bloods kicked off with Eddie bonding with a young girl whose mother was murdered; she even ...

Britain’s seaside enchanted our three writers as children, but how do Felpham, Freshwater Bay, and Fife live up to the ...

On Mother’s Day, a year after I lost my mother to ovarian cancer, tender with sorrow, I bobbed alone as the whipping ripples ...

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In this original short story, two best friends on the high school dance team chart different paths but come together for a ...