{"id":864,"date":"2021-02-20T17:21:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T00:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jcmckenna.com\/?page_id=864"},"modified":"2021-02-20T17:25:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T00:25:07","slug":"short-fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jcmckenna.com\/?page_id=864","title":{"rendered":"Short Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"ShortcodeBlog  \" id=\"shortcode-9dd20a93dc073dc761730cb1c6731ab8\" >\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"SimplifiedPosts pos-r is-matchheight-group posts-cols-3 mb-40\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"simplified-post-wrapper mb-40\">\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcmckenna.com\/?p=1223\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"SimplifiedImage\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bg-image\" data-bg-image=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jcmckenna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iStock-1057999034.jpg?fit=700%2C466&#038;ssl=1\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"simplified-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ElementHeading text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"element-title\">Surprise Holiday Story! 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