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Cole Alpaugh

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Cole Alpaugh

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Cole Alpaugh began his newspaper career in the early 1980's, at a daily paper on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where he covered everything from bake sales to KKK meetings. He moved on to a paper in Massachusetts to specialize in feature essays, where his stories on a Hispanic youth gang and the life of a Golden Gloves boxer won national awards. His most recent newspaper job was at a large daily in Central New Jersey, where he was given the freedom to pursue more "true life" essays, including award winning pieces on a traveling rodeo, and an in-depth story on an emergency room doctor. The doctor's story ended when the physician brought back to life an elderly woman who'd once been his children's babysitter. The essay was nominated by Gannett New ...more

Average rating: 3.75 · 295 ratings · 76 reviews · 6 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Bear in a Muddy Tutu

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“It was a year ago today your daughter went missing.’ Bagg had closed his eyes, feeling the death going on inside.”
Cole Alpaugh

“Gracie leaned out the back, craning her neck as far as she could around the side, trying to catch the wind in her nose and flapping lips. She loved driving, and this car was much faster than the truck which hauled her cage. It was very green here, and the sun flashed and flickered behind the tall trees. There were a million smells along this road, both old and just born. She closed her eyes and huffed, pretending she was flying.”
Cole Alpaugh, The Bear in a Muddy Tutu

“I believe a family just isn’t complete without skeletons. My dearest momma clean bit off my daddy’s nose right around the time they divorced.”
Cole Alpaugh, The Spy's Little Zonbi

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“Shit, man, if you see a dog scratching at the dirt trying to dig something up, walk away real fast,” he said, then pulled a little square of paper from his pocket and swallowed whatever was folded inside.”
Cole Alpaugh, The Spy's Little Zonbi

“Whenever I’d get howlin’ over something, he’d grab my ass up from wherever I was and head straight for the john. Momma said my head would get banged up along the way, but she said it
was probably bein’ dunked under water that made me stupid.”
Cole Alpaugh, The Spy's Little Zonbi

“I believe a family just isn’t complete without skeletons. My dearest momma clean bit off my daddy’s nose right around the time they divorced.”
Cole Alpaugh, The Spy's Little Zonbi

“Kids never jumped head first from the top ledge. Never. It seemed forever before
Stoney came back to the surface. Most of the white bubbles had already disappeared.”
Cole Alpaugh, The Spy's Little Zonbi

“The monkey liked most humans. They left food cans outside their homes for his family to rummage through in the morning
sun. Some yelled and threw sticks, but were slow and didn’t bite. Humans were mostly harmless.”
Cole Alpaugh, The Spy's Little Zonbi

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message 2: by Dale (last edited Jul 19, 2014 10:42AM)

Dale Thele Cole, thank you for accepting my friend request. I've downloaded and am looking forward to reading The Bear in a Muddy Tutu.
Wishing you the very best!


Heavenlypeachgarden You are a great story teller and author well done, I love Graceful Gracie
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