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Prevention

By Margaret Karmazin
Prevention by Margaret Karmazin digital book - Fable

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Synopsis: A single mother finds out her drug addict son plans to shoot up his school and is forced to make a choice.

 

After Dinner Conversation is a growing series of short stories across genres to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family. Each story is an accessible example of an abstract ethical or philosophical idea and is accompanied by suggested discussion questions.

 

Podcast discussion of this short story, and others, is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Youtube.

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About Margaret Karmazin

Margaret Karmazin’s credits include stories published in literary and national magazines, including Rosebud, Chrysalis Reader, North Atlantic Review, Mobius, Confrontation, Pennsylvania Review, The Speculative Edge and Another Realm. Her stories in The MacGuffin, Eureka Literary Magazine, Licking River Review and Mobius were nominated for Pushcart awards. Her story, “The Manly Thing,” was nominated for the 2010 Million Writers Award. She has stories included in several anthologies, published a YA novel, REPLACING FIONA, a children’s book, FLICK-FLICK & DREAMER and a collection of short stories, RISK.

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