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Phil Scearce

he/him

A couple of thoughts: it took courage to write this.

Mar 30

Mar 30

Writing this story and sharing it with the world is an act of love.

Thank you.

Feb 12

Feb 12

Thanks for this honest, simple approach.

Feb 11

Feb 11

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Open Microphone

Dear Family… cancer is back and I’m frightened.

I woke in excruciating pain. Vomiting, crying, for God’s sake go ahead and kill me pain. An hour later, it was gone.

Dec 22, 2024

Dear Family… cancer is back and I’m frightened.

Dec 22, 2024

Published in

Open Microphone

Nauseating Mayonnaise Drink and More Fun Table Topics for your Holiday Gatherings!

I’ll have a Mayo Neat, please.

Dec 8, 2024

Nauseating Mayonnaise Drink and More Fun Table Topics for your Holiday Gatherings!

Dec 8, 2024

Published in

Open Microphone

Sowing the Wind with Votes

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind…

Nov 13, 2024

Sowing the Wind with Votes

Nov 13, 2024

Published in

Open Microphone

A Picture of Three Boys

I wish I had a picture of the three boys who raped me. I would see kids 12 or 13 years old — an age when sexual interest is developing but…

Oct 25, 2024

The author at age four, standing between his sister and their mother.

Oct 25, 2024

Dear Family,

Enjoy a drive in the country? Me, too. Around here, you never know what you’ll see. Deer? All the time. Rounding a curve to confront a…

Sep 26, 2024

Dear Family,

Sep 26, 2024

Dear Family,

It’s Samuel Johnson’s birthday. Brilliant English writer. Not that I knew; it popped up on my news feed. However I did know that he loved…

Sep 19, 2024

Dear Family,

Sep 19, 2024

Phil Scearce

Phil Scearce

he/him

Phil Scearce is an award-winning writer and artist-blacksmith from Tennessee. He is a husband, father, cat dad, and an ally. Find him at .

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