Tag Archives: Childhood

Childhood Fiction Lessons

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Gene Stewart

Grew up around guys whose sense of humor included dead-pan tall tales, to test people, to see how far along they could string them.  If the listener didn’t balk, they were laughed at once they left.   It was more … Continue reading →

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Me & Elves & Me

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Gene Stewart

As to glimpses from windows, when I was 4 and 5, I used to watch what I called The Faeries outside, through my bedroom window, late at night. They’d play and work in our yard then, and often noticed me and tried to get me … Continue reading →

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Eldorado Memories

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Gene Stewart

Mine was not un-cheerful, just gothic as all hell a lot of the time. I used to lay in a room that was more a maid’s closet, our playroom dark beyond the doorway I faced, and watch as a scintilla … Continue reading →

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Brutality Is Not the Answer

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Someone said:  “I support capital punishment for any person who sexually molests a child.  One cure.  One bullet.” I said, no, that’s just fascism and, when asked for suggestions, wrote the following. /// Oh, this is a layered, subtle topic. … Continue reading →

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Me and Bullies

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Gene Stewart

I have a skill at invective and a talent for contumely. I’ve had those since I was a kid because although I knew how to fight and was something of a roughneck as a younger kid, (did tumbling and gymnastics … Continue reading →

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Whence the Anger?

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Gene Stewart

…Where I got this visceral, abiding hatred for brutes and bullies, this implacable determination to capture violence and its consequences in words and images, I cannot figure out… Continue reading →

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