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56Fiction: A Halloween Chiller
Wally Butchowski had an obsession to open a tomb. He gave into it, only to discover a great evil. This is story the makes one's flesh crawl.
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59Shackles: An Everyday Story
The song "The Way I Am" by Merle Haggard serves as a catalyst to examine the universal struggles of life. Writers and dreamers feel shackled by the expectations or demands of others. This piece is one man's story of breaking free.
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67Of Piglets & Apocalyptic Nightmares
A long time ago, two teen-age boys were given the assignment of unloading a truckload of piglets. They were inexperienced, ill-prepared, and ill-equipped for the task. I was one of those boys, and the hilarious story is told here.
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74Fiction: Gumshoe Extraordinaire
Duncan Trotsky isn't who he thinks he is or claims to be. This piece of short fiction is a fun look at a would-be private detective in Buffalo, New York.
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68No Accident: A Truly Ugly Story
This is a fact-based fictionalized story about the death of a man in February, 1971. It was an industrial accident at the open-pit mines of Port Colborne Quarries. It is intense and personal, for the man was my father.
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63Poets, Desperados & Weeping Fools
Poets and writers sometimes become desperados or weeping fools because no breakthrough ever comes. This essay uses a song by Guy Clark to explore what it means for artists to feed the hunger in their soul.
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69Extraordinary Hope: An Ordinary Story
This is a personal reflection on my journey in writing, which at times has been obsessive. Perhaps even compulsively obsessive. It concludes with the news that my first book has been published and is available on Amazon.
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