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Instagram: Testing Testing 1-2-3

May 8, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

So I’m about to embark on a fun summer project. Michelle and I have four kids, and throughout their childhoods I told them stories. Now,

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The Surgical Tool Known as Instagram

April 28, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

Here’s a little preview I made. I guess that’s what you’d call it, though it’s not for a movie. I’m tossing it out on Instagram

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Ode to Instagram

April 25, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

I stayed away from the thing for a long time. To me, it was just another waste of entire days, something that got in the

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How To Tell Your Kid There’s No Santa Clause

December 23, 2017 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

One Christmas long ago my Appalachian father, Ralph, took his revolver, climbed on the roof, shot once into the woods, came back in and said,

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My Rat

September 28, 2017 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

I was at war with a rat for four months. It was a losing battle; nearly every morning for sixteen weeks, we woke to half-eaten

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