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The Feast of the February Flies

“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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Aping the Worst

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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Assault & Battery In the Bread Aisle

This Just Happened Sunday 1 Dec 2013 at about 13:13 at Offutt AFB Commissary — So I’m standing in the bread aisle complaining to my wife about how my cell phone’s battery has begun draining too quickly as of last … Continue reading

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Untitled Guest Poem

The leaves are down, the shutters are down, night fell down early. The leaves are down, the shutters are down,  night fell down early.  The trees, the House, the moon left standing.  Some of us fell underground, cradled by tree … Continue reading

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The Ocean At the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, A Review

The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman William Morrow, 2013, 178pp hc, First Edition ISBN: 973 0 06 225565 5 $25.99 (a bargain at twice the price) A Review by Gene Stewart Our narrator at the start … Continue reading

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A Parting Apart

After they made love As he lay sleeping She shaved her pubic hair Sewed it unwashed Into a corner of the lace handkerchief She gave him in the morning When he left for war. All that returned to her Was … Continue reading

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