Maggie Critchley (@maggstheradwrites)

Hot Girls Guide to the Downfall of an Empire : Yeet your Teets 2k23 A dear friend of mine was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.

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Hot Girls Guide to the Downfall of an Empire You gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em or, whatever Johnny Cash warbled.

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Hot Girls Guide to the Downfall of an Empire : Just Breathe A funny thing happened on the way to the Co-Op.

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Hot Girls Guide to the Downfall of an Empire Where the white women at?

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A Case of Yew February 1st, Imbolc, Brigids Day.

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Words during Wartime We're only cooked if you believe we are.

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Hot Girls Guide to the Downfall of an Empire : Be a Locavore Buy local whenever you can, you almost always can.

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No Country for Old Men Sunday morning in America

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Hot Girls Guide to the Downfall of an Empire This is only the beginning, endings are always beginnings.

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Maggie Critchley (@maggstheradwrites) I interviewed with Bold Journey and it was a dream. Read below and chime in, are you a Baggins or a Took? https://boldjourney.com/meet-maggie-critchley/

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Welcome to the Black (Sheep) Parade At the beginning of the year, I messed up.

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Chapter Twenty Three Getting picked up from recovery by your family after spending fifty-seven days rewiring your brain and learning how to human is discovering your heart still has room to grow.

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Chapter Twenty Two : Glitter Bomb Mary Anne,

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Chapter Twenty One : Recovery Dear Dad,

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Chapter Twenty : Caught Slippin The knot came free the moment my foot slipped from the chair.

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Chapter Nineteen: Maybe Squelch.

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Chapter Eighteen : PSA When your Dad gives you a cellphone to use in case of emergencies, do not text your boyfriend during the day.

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Chapter Seventeen : Patriarchy Dad’s house perpetually smelled like French toast.

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Keep Your Enemies Close They turned the house inside out looking for what could have compelled a loving wife and mother to walk into a fire.

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Matricide is a Helluva Drug When you murder your Mother, you get to ride with the detective to the station.

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Chapter Fourteen The cops would wake Jordan up soon enough with their clodhopping around the house so I figured I should get the dogs in quietly. Plus, I needed to stage my happening upon Mother’s body and it needed t...

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istg writing a book is just trying to outrun the certainty your book sucks like DRAFT FASTER DON'T LET THE IMPOSTER SYNDROME CATCH YOU

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Chapter Thirteen Mother and Kelly had a fight.

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Mother of an Interlude I have been scared my entire life.

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Chapter Twelve The following transcript of a 911 call placed on October 13th, 2001 at approximately 23:47 hours, was obtained and is submitted into evidence by PCSO Detective Smith, badge 10364

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Chapter Eleven Taking responsibility for Jordan was something I took very seriously, though no ten year old should be responsible for another person.

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Welcome to the Black (Sheep) Parade At the beginning of the year, I messed up.

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Chapter Ten “They don’t make them anymore so, I’m not sure why you have access to quaaludes and I don’t want to know, but they’re a really good way to end up dead, so don’t mess with them.” Officer Rogers caught ...

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Chapter Nine One of the many perks of growing up in a small town in the nineties is the freedom that comes along with it.

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