Category Archives: Art I Like

The Feast of the February Flies

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Gene Stewart

“The Feast of the February Flies” by Gene Stewart It was the third time her mother went in to have her skin cancer checked.  The first two times it had been no big deal, band-aid stuff.  This time, though, they … Continue reading →

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Flocks of Birds In a Frigid Sky

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Gene Stewart

“Flocks of Birds in a Frigid Sky” by Gene Stewart Flocks of birds flew in tight circles over fields by the road.  They flew over fast food places, car dealerships, and mall parking lots, too.  All the birds spotted were … Continue reading →

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The Beginning of The End, Black Sabbath’s Last Tour’s First Concert

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Black Sabbath, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, 20 January 2016 CE, evening No one to glance at, share with, In moments when events Signify chains of memories Shared memory means life. / W B Kek /// Writers learn to store experience, observation, … Continue reading →

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Aping the Worst

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Serial killers become celebrities in America and around the world, their personal things collected, their images polished, and their lives endlessly studied by wanna-bes.  This despite serial killers having reduced everything to a mindless stupidity:  Kill. They are boring imbeciles, … Continue reading →

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Clementine Is Now Unbound

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Gene Stewart

A friend’s delicious, superb, piquant journal of brilliant poetry.  Please check it out, support it, and enjoy. /// The December issue of Clementine Poetry Journal is now live. Big thanks and congratulations to our December poets! The poems are in … Continue reading →

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“Show, Don’t Tell” – a RAT STEW Column

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Rat Stew A Column for The Reluctant Famulus by Gene Stewart “Show, don’t tell.” We hear this echoed in English composition classes. We hear it parroted in writing workshops. We hear it cited in reviews and quoted in interviews. We … Continue reading →

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FB LitChat w/ JC & SL

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Gene Stewart

“Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.”–H.P. Lovecraft. It’s not just horror I search for. It’s that ‘something else’ that might inspire awe, too. A shifting in the writing focus? Hmmmm… We’ll see. Anyway, good Wednesday morning, friends. On the … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 3, 2014 by Gene Stewart

There are days when love is not enough, when you need justice, too.  Those are the hopeless days when it’s best to hole up in solitude so you don’t hurt or kill anyone you might later regret having hurt or … Continue reading →

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Stray Captions, Remarks, and Comments

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Gene Stewart

Go into a store and be ignored by bored sales staff. Be brushed off by indifferent managers. OR: Go in, find THEM, TELL them what you want from them, INSIST they deal with it right now, and KEEP AT THEM … Continue reading →

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Teste di Giovinetta

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Gene Stewart
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