Author Archives: Gene Stewart

About Gene Stewart

Born 7 Feb 1958 Altoona, PA, USA Married 1980 Three sons, grown Have lived in Japan, Germany, all over US Currently in Nebraska I write, paint, play guitar Read widely Wide taste in music, movies Wide range of interests Hate god yap Humanist, Rationalist, Fortean Love the eerie

Greedings

In conscience I cannot Send this To anyone. Sat 6 Ape 2524  Greedings, It’s muggy, still, and in the 70’s. Windows being open helps little; it’s 19:32 and not yet cooling. In the coming week, snow is forecast. More rain, … Continue reading

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The Other, Then & Now

In the 1950s and 1960s we sat in quiet homes that received, at best, 3 TV channels and radio, and we heard about UFO flaps from word-of-mouth as often as via media. Local newspapers, which we all read, occasionally carried … Continue reading

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Samizdat’s Door

With the cooperation of social media, TV news, and corporate controls, accusation has been weaponized so it suffices to shoot down information outlets, to throttle voices, and to ruin lives. A threat to make trouble is all it takes. To … Continue reading

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Flashback to 1992

Synchronicity:  As I write, my TV’s on, rotting my brain.  Little kids appear on the screen. One tells the camera that a star is twenty feet bigger than a house. Another says that, without gravity, you could jump over those … Continue reading

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Watch Out

Time shifts, or space-time shifts, fascinate us because we’ve all had at least a glimpse of this experience. Interludes of walking into and back out of the past, for example. Finding buildings that aren’t there when you go back to … Continue reading

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Small Changes

They had a clown standee filched from a theater one had worked at. It folded in half as if bowing. Easy to transport. When they wanted, they could open it, flash the clown, fold it, and be gone. They flashed … Continue reading

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Unlock From Fear

What often goes unnoticed is the fear fringe topics stir in many. Bring up ghosts, ask for stories, and everyone’s got one. They share, we all laugh, it’s okay. Behind those stories and smiles, however, often fear is coiled like … Continue reading

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Snow Leopard’s Leap

“Gerald Kersh would understand.” ### Men with rifles smelling of cordite, leather, and blood, their breath laden with rotting flesh, climbed higher despite an approaching storm. “We can bag him and beat the storm to base camp.” Kathen slapped a … Continue reading

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Crime, Crowned: Into the Box

Malfeasance and dark crimes worsened corruption.  Deep in the city, cries for help were ignored even as whispers of betrayal were hunted down. Hope was going well among the wealthy elite as fear cowered in poverty’s shadows. A nation murdered … Continue reading

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Spitting Out Noir Pits

Noir developed as a stylistic way of dealing with the universal corruption WW II revealed. What kind of a life, let alone a good life, could you have in such a dark, deceptive, and duplicitous world? Betrayal, backstabbing, and bribery … Continue reading

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