The Commonplace is the online home of my fiction and essays.
I post a new essay or short story when I have something good enough to share.
Thank you to every reader and supporter. You have allowed me to write for a living. I am forever grateful.
Thomas J. Bevan
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Short story writer. Essayist. Founder of the Soaring Twenties Social Club