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Maryann Percha

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2025

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When in Rome, do as the Romans do. The rest is none of your concern.

Submitted to Contest #326

(This work, while not graphic, contains some fairly heavy topics including exploitation of disabled people and systemic/corporate corruption.)I was nine years old and about to receive my first Confession and Communion. The only priest at our parish came to our only catechism lesson in town and instructed thusly: after we died, our sins would be weighed not only by what we did do, but also by what we did not. What we neglected or what we chose to ‘stay out of’ to secure our own comfort. All those would add up to a nice little pile documenting...

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