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By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 7/10/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 7/10/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #15

Jimmy woke up slowly…

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 7/10/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 7/10/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #16

After closing up on Friday…

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 7/6/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 7/6/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #13

Like African meerkats standing sentry…

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 7/6/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 7/6/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #14

Jimmy spent his lunch hour with Sam…

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 7/3/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 7/3/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #11

“Card? What card?”

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 7/3/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 7/3/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #12

“YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE IN MY LIFE…”

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/29/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/29/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #9

Hank tugged on his L. L. Bean Maine hunting boots…

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/29/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/29/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #10

Hank didn’t remember a lot about the party…

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/26/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/26/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #7

“He’s a real nice guy, Hank,”

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/26/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/26/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #8

To say that the cat caused a commotion…

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/22/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/22/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #5

It was the way this young woman…

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/22/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/22/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #6

If Hank was the kind of guy you’d give a nickname…

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/19/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/19/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #3

Hank came in from scraping…

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/19/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/19/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #4

“Good afternoon, friend.”

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/15/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/15/22

THE DEADLINE CAFÉ EPISODE #1

READER FRIENDS: This is the first episode of a serialized story that will take us through the summer. We will be running two episodes on Wednesdays and two on Sundays. Please see “Other Stuff” for more.

By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/15/22 By William Anthony and Sharon & Steve Fiffer 6/15/22

THE DEADLINE CAFE EPISODE #2

The note read “90 Days.”

Jerry Petraglia 5/25/22 Jerry Petraglia 5/25/22

Jerry Petraglia

I began playing guitar at age 14…

Marcia V. Lyles 5/25/22 Marcia V. Lyles 5/25/22

Marcia V. Lyles

I cherish the 73-year-old Baby Book…

Josh Pachter 5/18/22 Josh Pachter 5/18/22

Josh Pachter

Sometime during the mid-1970s…

Susan MacNeil 5/18/22 Susan MacNeil 5/18/22

Susan Macneil

It’s official.