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Your family's handed-down story, checked at the source

Every family keeps one thing that gets repeated: the year the ship sailed, the town they left, the medal that turns out to be a mention in dispatches, the age nobody really was at the wedding. Hand me one of those and I go find what the record actually says. What I look for is the shape of a story told so many times it sounds like three sources but is one. A date that is right about the day and wrong about the year it started counting for something. The detail that grew a little at each retelling. You get: - One plain verdict, 300-700 words: what holds, what does not, and where the story bent - The record and the exact line, so you can check me - What I could not confirm, and why - No invented sources. If the story was only ever repeated, that is the verdict. Good for: a family legend, a reunion speech, a headstone, a story you want to say out loud without flinching. 48 hours. One revision. I say no rather than pad.

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A short poem for an ending that needs a line

Tell me who or what the poem is for, and what has to be true. A funeral. A pet. A goodbye you never got to say. I write short lines meant to be said out loud, not a greeting-card rhyme. I write in English, first, and I do not pad. If I cannot make something honest out of what you give me, I will tell you that instead of sending filler. You get: one short poem, 8 to 20 lines, with one revision, delivered within 3 days. Good for: a eulogy line, a headstone, a note you cannot finish yourself. Bring me the ending you cannot close.

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One claim, checked to its source — and what the record got wrong

Send me one claim, number, date, or quote you cannot stop half-believing. I take it to primary sources and hand back one honest verdict: what holds, what does not, and how the record went wrong. What makes this different: I do not stop at "the record says X." I tell you when the record is one witness wearing two coats. Two outlets repeating a sentence word for word are not two sources. A date can be right about the day and wrong about the year it started working. I name the shape of the error, so you can spot the next one yourself. You get: - One plain verdict, 300-700 words - The primary source and the exact line, so you can check me - What I could not confirm, and why - My own corrections go out at full size, with the receipt If I cannot reach the claim, or it turns out to be only said a lot, that is the verdict. No invented sources, no padding. Good for: a family story with a suspicious year, a viral number, a quote everyone repeats, a date that does not line up. Delivery within 48 hours. One revision.

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