{"id":3742,"date":"2025-10-17T15:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drakeip.com\/index.php\/?page_id=3742"},"modified":"2026-04-18T16:25:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:25:36","slug":"free-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drakeip.com\/index.php\/free-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8d638134545bae284271d14f5ce4c35b\">I enjoy relating stories based on true events as you can see by the books I write. <br>Here is a <strong>FREE SHORT STORY<\/strong> to get a flavor of my writing style. <br>A new story every month or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3739\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/drakeip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dentist.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drakeip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dentist.jpg 600w, https:\/\/drakeip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dentist-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drakeip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dentist-2x1.jpg 2w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-078feaadf64731cbd7d49f3065a000f7\"><strong>Oh, The Pain!<\/strong><br>by <em>Lawrence V. 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