Category: Stories

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The watch of the Lynx

Lauren Whiddon

Driving home along 8th Avenue in Gainesville one night, Lauren Groff and Clay Kallman saw what looked like a giant house cat. It was about three times the size of a normal cat, with tufted ears and no tail. When they got home, they realized they had seen a lynx. 

At the time, the couple had been trying to figure out whether their vision to bring an independent bookstore to Gainesville was possible. They’d found a space, but in Groff’s words, “it was a disaster. It was scary.” … Read moreThe watch of the Lynx

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The ROMEOs

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It’s 6:50 a.m. in a nondescript Dunnellon shopping center. Street lights and neon store signs cast a dim glow over the dark lot and Publix won’t open for another ten minutes. 

The parking lot is almost empty, except for the scattering of cars belonging to the members of the Workout Anytime gym and those of a group of 14 old men sitting along the benches outside of the Breakfast Station restaurant … Read moreThe ROMEOs

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A monarch’s legacy  

Elise Plunk

As autumn stretches into the icy grip of winter, a curious change occurs in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. The sky, usually a deep, endless blue, turns orange.  The color comes slowly at first, a hint of warmth scattered among the evergreen pines and palmettos, then it descends all at once, painted on the backs of small, fragile wings that have traveled thousands of miles … Read moreA monarch’s legacy