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Dandelions

Dandelions

Dandelions Kurt sat cold at the end of his driveway, a bowl of sugary offerings for the children settled in his lap. He treasured Halloween, but the festivity was winding down. Night had completely fallen. Most of the children and parents had come and gone. Parents with children dressed as pirates and superheroes and princesses, […]

Escalade Dreams

Escalade Dreams

Escalade Dreams I’m intrigued by certain correlations. Sometimes I’m struck by bits of information and try to fit them together like pieces of a puzzle. The human puzzle, I guess you could (pretentiously) say. One of these bits is the obsession with the Cadillac Escalade. Heck, I probably shouldn’t care. There’s better things to think […]

The Gamble

The Gamble

The Gamble Fitzi went all in on four Queens/8 high. Jimmy beat him with a straight flush of hearts. He raked Fitzi’s chips into his pile. “You buying back in?” Jimmy asked. Jimmy had all the luck. It confounded Fitzi because Jimmy didn’t appear to be much of a man of God. He didn’t even […]

Lab-Grown Meat

Lab-Grown Meat

Lab-Grown Meat There’s an online petition to stop lab-grown meat from being served in schools. When I heard about it, I needed to know more. The petition lists reasons why serving lab-grown meat in schools is a bad idea. These reasons are kind of boring, so I scrolled down to where people have posted videos […]

Fingernails

Fingernails

Fingernails Sometimes, when I cross the line to Indiana, I stop at Howie’s truck stop diner for a pork tenderloin sandwich. See, I was born and raised in Indiana. Now I live just across the state line. But, because I’m a Hoosier by birth, when I go over to Indiana and pass by Howie’s, I […]

Author: mrobins71

Other People’s Music
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

Other People’s Music

Other People’s Music We stepped into the tavern. I was far from a regular but I’d been there before. The … Continue reading Other People’s Music

Darger’s Agent
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

Darger’s Agent

The agent was deep into his pitch. It wasn’t going well. He desperately needed a close. “I can sell it … Continue reading Darger’s Agent

The Pied Piper of Hamelin v.20.00
stories

The Pied Piper of Hamelin v.20.00

The Pied Piper of Hamelin v.20.00 After the Pied Piper vanquished all the rats into the river and the town … Continue reading The Pied Piper of Hamelin v.20.00

Evil is What It Needs to Be
poetry

Evil is What It Needs to Be

Evil is What It Needs to Be the beauty of evil is its mass in the abstract and its ghostliness … Continue reading Evil is What It Needs to Be

Contrast
poetry

Contrast

Contrast some people see everything in high contrast some people see everything in low contrast most people prefer seeing themselves … Continue reading Contrast

The Pittsburgh Fan
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

The Pittsburgh Fan

The Pittsburgh Fan He’d driven them nearly 300 miles to watch his beloved, hometown team play. It was a disappointing, … Continue reading The Pittsburgh Fan

Innocence
poetry

Innocence

Innocence imagining ourselves reborn into innocence absolved of all sin the silly whims of a bird dreaming of wingless featherless … Continue reading Innocence

Bars and Chains
poetry

Bars and Chains

Bars and Chains we are nothing more than the chains locks and bars that without condition imprison our hearts minds … Continue reading Bars and Chains

Holiday Blues
poetry

Holiday Blues

Holiday Blues tonight i drown my sins in beer and pretense just like you drown your sins today yesterday tomorrow … Continue reading Holiday Blues

Scared Shitless
mostly true stories

Scared Shitless

Scared Shitless My aunt is old and in ill-health. I hadn’t spoken to her or my uncle in a while, … Continue reading Scared Shitless

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