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        <title><![CDATA[Stories by Alvaro Lopez on Medium]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[A World in Miniature]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 12:06:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swaying Through Christmas Days]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:38:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[My Cough Nearly Got Me at a Comedy Show]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:55:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Little Monster]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:06:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Ice Sculptor]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 19:45:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Cow That Gave Birth to the Man]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:35:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nothing Makes Me Happier Than a Hot Summer Day]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 09:56:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How I Lived the Power Outage in Spain]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 17:06:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chronicle of a Tardiness Foretold]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:45:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Spilling Guts on the Piano]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:41:04 GMT</pubDate>
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