A. J. Schoenfeld
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I only write about the real world. But if you look close enough, you'll see there's magic hiding in plain sight everywhere.
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Mid-Life Crisis? . Top Story - November 2025.
Happy birthday. Your life is half over. What now? On November 2, I woke up to find I had turned 45. I'm not quite sure how that happened; I swear yesterday I was still in my thirties. But I did the math, and I am in fact 45. By quickly reviewing my family history, I confirmed my fears. My father, grandmother, and two great-grandparents only lived to their mid-sixties, two great-grandparents hit their late seventies, my other grandma and both grandpas died in their mid-eighties, two Great-Grandparents got to 88, another to 89, and one made it all the way to 90. Based on those statistics, it's a safe, and sobering, assumption that my sojourn here on earth is half over, and that's being optimistic. So as one often does at this stage of life, I felt the day called for a little self-reflection. What have I done with my first 45 years and what do I plan to do with the next?
By A. J. Schoenfeld3 months ago in Humans
Lone Skum
His fat fingers scraped against the crumbs embedded between the cushions. Damn quarters were so hard to find these days. But he had reached his breaking point and desperately needed one. Finally, his fingers closed on a precious metal disc and he triumphantly raced down the hall clutching his prize.
By A. J. Schoenfeld4 months ago in Fiction
Secret Knock. Content Warning.
Rap. Tap. Rappity-tappity-tap. Rap. Tap. Caleb freezes at the all too familiar sound. He knows that knock. That is no knock of a stranger or a friendly neighbor popping by to introduce themselves. That knock does not belong here on his new door, in this new town, or in this world. That knock should have died that night along with everything else.
By A. J. Schoenfeld5 months ago in Fiction
