Tag Archives: survival

Let Me Take A Shot At This

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Gene Stewart

Susie and I watched the superb movie BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK. All-star understated layers of oblique dialogue and concise storytelling. Spencer Tracy carries no gun. His character solves problems with appropriate response and is polite and peaceful throughout. Afterwards, … Continue reading →

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On Refuge Ridge

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Gene Stewart

  “On Refuge Ridge” by Gene Stewart As he mounted the snowy ridge, he glanced down to spot a hand-hold in the wind-scoured granite.  He saw a shape wedged under a small ledge.  It was a leather-clad journal wrapped in … Continue reading →

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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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A Tickle of Cavern Echoes

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Gene Stewart

Our terrors purge our need to conjure demons, to draw threats, to find things we flee from so we can imagine a scorched respite snatched from the fire of simple survival. In this way dim light is cast, a glow … Continue reading →

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