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The Penny

Coffee Shop Reads, Human Potential, Philosophy, Short StoriesBy Alan Forrest SmithSeptember 28, 2018

The Penny In the 90s a woman prayed to God for a money. She had none. She couldn’t feed her children. She couldn’t pay for anything. In fact, she prayed just for a penny because a penny is better than nothing. After her prayer, she stood up in tears and walked out of her cold,…

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Family Reshaped

Coffee Shop Reads, News, Philosophy, Short Stories, Station to Station Listening, ZoomanityBy Alan Forrest SmithJuly 2, 2017

A Family Reshaped A happy life after divorce recovery. Yesterday I was reminded of something I now feel I might have been forgetting. Let me explain. Family can be your greatest friends. They can also become your worst enemies. Divorce forces a detachment from what was and creates a new blank screen that has to…

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The Man That Couldn’t Love

Coffee Shop Reads, Short StoriesBy Alan Forrest SmithJune 16, 2017

The Man That Couldn’t Love – Short Story AFS There’s a man that is old. The man is lonely. He is the man that couldn’t love. He had children and never loved them. He had a wife and never loved her. He had a father that he never loved. He loved his mother but his…

The Life Inside My Screen

Human Potential, Most Popular Articles, News, Philosophy, Short Stories, The Law, ZoomanityBy Alan Forrest SmithMay 30, 2016Leave a comment

Gadget Addiction – The Life Inside My Screen By Alan Forrest Smith: May 30th 2016 I’m sitting in a cafe. The sun shines, there’s no wind and I am surrounded by strangers. My darling wife is sitting to my left. She is holding my arm like she always holds my arm. She looks at me…

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The Life Of A Cat

News, Short StoriesBy Alan Forrest SmithDecember 9, 2015Leave a comment

THE LIFE OF A CAT Yoyo died. She was my cat. July 1997 – December 2015 R.I.P. In 1997 I moved all of my family out of a beautiful home and into a caravan in the middle of a field. The field was muddy. The field was also full of sheep. I loved it. The…

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Migrants Dead – Again

News, Philosophy, Poetry, Short Stories, ZoomanityBy Alan Forrest SmithSeptember 8, 2015Leave a comment

Migrants Dead and More Migrants Die – Another Day In Paradise   Here we go again, another day, another Syrian life The story continues as the world turns it’s back – again A mother of a son sends him to life. Life is the opposite of death in a distant place. If her son stays in…

The Man from 1925

Philosophy, Short Stories, ZoomanityBy Alan Forrest SmithJuly 10, 2015Leave a comment

The Man from 1925 Sometime ago an old man walked past my car as I sat waiting for my daughter to come out. The old man is old and I mean born in in 1925 old. I know his age because this week he again walked towards my car as I waited outside for my…

A Pretender Named Jesus

Coffee Shop Reads, Philosophy, Short Stories, ZoomanityBy Alan Forrest SmithOctober 30, 2014Leave a comment

This is true so be warned but learn. Kate found God (don’t go just yet it gets interesting beyond words) and announced to her family she had found him. Her life and the life of her family were about to change. Kate had grown up in a regular family yet despite them being regular they…

The Man No Man Knows

Philosophy, Short StoriesBy Alan Forrest SmithDecember 10, 2013Leave a comment

There’s a man that no man knows. They don’t know where he lives. They know nothing about his life. They have no idea what he does. All they know is they know nothing about this man. One day in the big cafe in the small town near the corner by the old post office the…

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