List: Surviving To Live | Curated by Annelise Lords

Mar 3, 2025
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Surviving To Live
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Balanced Growth
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Surviving To Live — Chapter XXVIIIRage in its intensity emitted from his heart, and in this heated atmosphere, I continued my defense of a woman —  my mother, whose cruelty…
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ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
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Surviving To Live — Chapter XXVII Illumination Book ChapterBert doesn’t have a clue. Being a don is like walking with a bull’s eye on your back.”
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Balanced Growth
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Surviving To Live — Chapter XXVINo! No! No!” I shuddered in distress, swaying my head, which felt as if it was going to pop open.
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Surviving To Live — Chapter XXV — Illumination Book ChaptersWe thought we could save you from the wrath of the ghetto, but we can’t.
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Surviving To Live — Chapter XXIVOnly your friends and those close to you can and will harm you because your guard is always down when friends are around. — Annelise Lords
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Surviving To Live — Illumination Book Chapters XXIIIPhillip had to be a Judge, jury, and executioner; sometimes, he had to play God.
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Balanced Growth
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Surviving To Life — Chapter XXIII felt myself floating as a genie-like figure of a man with two tiny horns embedded in his forehead gently took my hand.
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Surviving To Live — Chapter XXI — Illumination Book ChaptersI witnessed my mother’s skull open and watched her go mad before my eyes.
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The Yessba
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Annelise Lords
Surviving To Live — Chapter XXThat loud voice was hope for me. Hope I knew I would be short-lived! Hope that I held on to it! Hope no one was going to take it away from…
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Surviving To Live — Chapter XIX Illumination Book ChaptersPeter’s silhouette eased slowly through the dark smoke, obeying orders.
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Balanced Growth
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Surviving To Live — Chapter XVIIISuddenly, someone yelled fire! The shots screamed closer. Mama squeezed me tighter, trembling in horror. Smoke seeped in through the…
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Our Souls in Words
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Annelise Lords
Surviving To Live — Chapter XVIIDetained by fear, I watched helplessly as Mama ventured out and raced back inside, her face covered in blood.
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The Yessba
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Annelise Lords
Surviving To Live Chapter XIVSecurity Block D was said to be impenetrable. It housed the most dangerous juveniles.
Jan 30
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Dancing Elephants Press
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Surviving To Live Chapter XVIn a war, try to kill the general, major, chief, or whoever leads the battle; that always leads to victory.’
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Surviving To Live — Chapter XVIFear swirled around the tiny room like a cyclone as Peter and Don T’s eyes were locked in a battle.
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Surviving To Live — Chapter XI — Illumination Book ChapterSuddenly, tires screeching grabbed my attention, and I turned and watched as the car sped away like a thief at the sound of a burglar…
Jan 26
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Soul Magazine
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Annelise Lords
Surviving To Live Chapter XIIIIn ghetto schools, badness prevails!
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Our Souls in Words
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Annelise Lords
Surviving To Live —  Chapter XIIGod didn’t hear me. I realized I needed a Molotov cocktail to find my way to the end of Trinity Ville’s tunnel, and I would have to make…
Jan 26
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Surviving To Live — Chapter XA blazing fire of hate for Mama roared in my soul that I couldn’t allow her to see, so I evaded eye contact, smothering it with a painful…
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ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
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Surviving To Live Chapter IX — Illumination Book ChaptersI didn’t pass my Common Entrance, so I was a dunce with no hope of a good future.
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