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A Cycle of 33 Stories and a Song by Sammy Sutton: Who is Shiloh Malachi?

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Before dawn, Shiloh Malachi writes one small word on a blank name tag and walks into the room where someone is still awake. A cycle of 33 stories by Sammy Sutton. Shiloh is the title in Genesis 49:10, “until Shiloh comes,” long read as messianic. Malachi means “my messenger,” and is the last prophetic book before the silence. Before dawn, the name tag is blank on purpose. Shiloh Malachi turns it in his fingers on a bench that does not belong to any one employer. Plastic, clip still good, the kind a night-shift manager hands you from a drawer and never asks for back. He has not written tonight’s word yet. The guitar case sits against his knee like a second person who already knows the hour. He is not waiting for a bus. He writes one small word. JANITOR. GROUNDSKEEPER. SUBSTITUTE. Then he goes inside. That is the whole method of Who is Shiloh Malachi? , a cycle of 33 stories by Sammy Sutton. A nurse fighting a custody hearing after a double shift. A soldier who has not unpacked the duffe...

A Mysterious Stranger is Coming Soon: Who is Shiloh Malachi? Excerpt: The Nurse

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  A mysterious stranger with a blank name tag and a guitar appears in the lives of people at the edge of collapse. He offers no easy miracles, only truth, mercy, and one next step. Who is Shiloh Malachi? is a moving cycle of modern parables about guilt, grief, faith, justice, and the unsettling presence of grace. THE NURSE Morning came in through the lace curtains in thin strips and laid itself across the kitchen table, the syrup bottle, and the two plates. Maria Santos moved the way she always moved before a double shift: navy scrubs, hair in a ponytail that would hold for sixteen hours, and lunch already zipped in its bag. The bungalow was yellow because she had painted it herself on a Tuesday when she should have slept. The roses by the walk were hers too. Japanese beetles had been at the leaves again, and she had picked them off at dawn with her fingers, one by one, before Lucas woke. "Shoes," she called. "The bus will be here in five minutes." He came do...

The Resilience of Matin Miryeganeh: A New Memoir on Family, Culture, Academics, and Mental Health

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“This is for anyone who feels like the odds are stacked too high, who believes that survival and success can’t coexist. It’s proof that, even in the harshest conditions, a meaningful and fulfilled life can still be built.” New York, NY, --- Deeply personal and unflinching, All Is Well is the memoir of Matin Miryeganeh (Mah-TEEN Meer-yeh-GAH-neh), a senior research scientist who has survived immense trauma—not only in the world outside, but also within the walls of her own home. After losing her mother, grandparents, and other close family members in quick succession in addition to a complex and sometimes volatile relationship with her father, a young Matin was left emotionally neglected and profoundly alone in her own household. With no one to turn to, she buried herself in books, studying with quiet determination to create a future no one else believed in. She moved from Iran to Japan in hope of a fresh start and to further her education, but the challenges didn’t end there. In adulth...

How to Know When You're the Family Scapegoat

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Benefits of a Healthy Relationship

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Why We Love Rom Coms

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10 Things a Narcissist Thinks You Owe Them

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12 Reasons for Doing Good Deeds

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Emotional Resilience The Good, Bad, & Ugly

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6 Signs You're Lonely 7 Ways to Fix It

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10 Questions to Ask Yourself

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9 Foods to Help You Fight Addiction

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10 Functional Behaviors to Use as Tools

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10 Reasons to Use Cooking as Therapy - Part 1

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10 Reasons to Use Cooking as Therapy - Part 2

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10 Reasons to Use Cooking as Therapy - Part 3

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9 Reasons to Choose Experiences

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10 Characteristics of a Scapegoat

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7 Signs of Wisdom

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Death, Grief and Cherry Chocolates- Touching Tribute to Dad

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