Annelise’s Newsletter

Hurricane Melissa Left Hell Behind

What if our world began to experience this kind of Storm several times per year?

Nov 2 • 

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October 2025

The Yellow Hibiscus Chapter XI

How can a diamond kill someone?

Oct 3 • 

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September 2025

The Yellow Hibiscus Chapter X

As we approached the bodies, the smell of formaldehyde became intense.

Sep 26 • 

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Thinking Like A Rat

I can think like a rat. It’s a survival thing.

Sep 19 • 

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The Yellow Hibiscus Chapter IX

Instantaneously, it all came back like the fallout of volcanic ash.. The sorrow and tragedy of the moment that sought to suffocate me. They were dead…

Sep 16 • 

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The Yellow Hibiscus Chapter VIII

I nodded in understanding, spiked angrily, and then asked, “It could be an accident, right?”

Sep 14 • 

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The Yellow Hibiscus Chapter VII

How did a diamond killed three New Yorkers?

Sep 11 • 

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The Yellow Hibiscus Chapter VI

“You have two clocks in here and two in your kitchen over there,” he pointed towards my tiny kitchen. “Didn’t you at least look at one of them?”

Sep 6 • 

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The Yellow Hibiscus Part V

In my adolescence, I’d often speculated on the issues of life and death. What would my life be without my parents?

Sep 3 • 

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The Yellow Hibiscus Chapter IV

Her unconditional love for him enabled her to float seamlessly between centuries, which sometimes caused her to forget that I was a woman of the…

Sep 2 • 

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August 2025

The Yellow Hibiscus Chapter III

What could have happened, I thought again. I was with them less than seven hours ago.

Aug 30 • 

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April 2025

The Yellow Hibiscus

Their phone had a call-waiting feature, so I shouldn’t get a busy signal!

Apr 15 • 

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