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Monthly Archives: March 2012
What Goes Up
Joe Turner carried an apple crate into Eddie’s that night. He hefted it up onto the bar, then climbed onto a stool. He put his elbows on the bar and said, “Draft.” Eddie, the bartender, broke off a chat he’d … Continue reading
Posted in Sample Fiction
Tagged angel, cattle mutilations, dogs, Ficta Mystica, Gene Stewart, horror, kennel, murder, What Goes Up
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The Spirit’s Lament, John S. Davis
Found this in an old LOCUS. It will have meaning to few beyond its meaningful words. He’s missed, not just by us, his fellow Cultists. The Spirit’s Lament I have spent years denying afterlife. It seemed the thoughtful, rational thing … Continue reading
A Brief Yap About Civility In Public Discourse
Civility is based upon respect. We can disagree but, if I respect you, I can very likely respect your opinion, too, and our differences become a basis for discussion and mutual learning and compromise. That is how politics was supposed … Continue reading
Posted in Sample Essays
Tagged Adult, Civility, Kindness, Mature, Paradise, Public Discourse
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A Review of Floating Staircase by Ronald Malfi
In Floating Staircase, Islands In the Stream by Hemingway, who is saluted overtly, Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine, and Thomas Harris’s Silence of the Lambs, echo like footsteps in an empty house. Flannery O’Connor’s shade flits by. There is a whiff of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ficta Mystica, fiction, Floating Staircase, honest, horror, literary, mainstream, Malfi, mystery, review
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A Brief Word About Words
The English language is shrinking due to spellcheckers. Often, these expert systems lists cull related words that might work better but are not as popular. Often, these artificial intelligence robots offer limited choices based on commonality of usage. Often, spellcheckers … Continue reading
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Tagged dictionary, English, etymology, language, spellchecker, words
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Turning Fear’s Key
Religionist cons always offer eternal peace and love because they target the insecure even as they ramp up fear, hate, and anxiety. This combination of unrelenting pressure and an offer of refuge is irresistible to abused slaves. Hence Nietzsche’s dictum … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporations, corruption, cynicism, doom, fake, fear, greed, hate, money, pollution, Sociopaths, world
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