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The Lita Poems
“TO MY MUSE”, “THIS IS NOT THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE”, AND “EARLY MORNING WALK” Make up a series of three poems inspired by the same person. Lita is the assistant manager at a nearby 7 eleven whom I m… more →
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The Lita Poems
wrote 9 months ago: “TO MY MUSE”, “THIS IS NOT THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE”, AND “EARLY MORNING WALK” Make up a series of t … more →
A Quick Trip
wrote 1 year ago: One Monday in June of 2011, I needed to go to the BMV (DMV in most states) to get a state ID card. … more →
Bigger
wrote 1 year ago: This was a fun one. The Editor decided to make Spam the theme for an issue of the Press. I harkene … more →
I Was Just the Sequel
wrote 1 year ago: This is a story that shows how things can change between the time the first word to a story and its … more →
Uncle Mort's Funeral
wrote 1 year ago: Growing up, weddings and funerals had to have been the most unpleasant things my parents dragged me … more →
A Small Bit of 1947
wrote 1 year ago: We’ve all seen enough old movies to feel a bit nostalgic about old-time journalism, when all t … more →
Life Among The Wraiths
wrote 1 year ago: This is an oldie, written in 1990 (I transfer all writing files over from one computer’s hard … more →
Good Morning :)
wrote 1 year ago: In February I was walking home from the grocery store when a broken sidewalk distracted me enough th … more →
To A Convenience Store Clerk
wrote 1 year ago: The poem is a true story. It’s been nearly a month and I still miss her–it does feel I … more →
The Last Sad Man in America
wrote 2 years ago: Okay, I was not going for subtlety in this one. Nor was I going for non-partisanship (although I di … more →
A Trip Into the Mind's Attic
wrote 2 years ago: The response to this one was very interesting. A reader felt that I was the character Kyle, and his … more →
Lauren and Louise
wrote 2 years ago: “Lauren and Louise” is a story about the creative process, the nature of characterizatio … more →
A Towel and Me
wrote 2 years ago: Some time ago, I was chatting online with a female friend who confided that she had just stepped out … more →
A Second Chance
wrote 2 years ago: The topic was “alternate history” so I decided to have a little fun with the whole 2012 … more →
A Night With A Witch
wrote 2 years ago: The Halloween Season often brings theme issues and in 2009, Witches were the theme. For “A Ni … more →
A Media Frenzy
wrote 2 years ago: Having spent the larger portion of my childhood in the 1960s, being fascinated by the various social … more →
A Little Match Girl
wrote 2 years ago: There have been rare examples of a roundtable topic has led to a theme issue. Over two weeks, the ro … more →
A Christmas in July
wrote 2 years ago: first appeared in Pikers 07/30/07 Growing up in the 1960s, I remember the dread many Americans felt … more →
A Case of Amnesia
wrote 2 years ago: published on Pikers 4/6/09 This story starts off as something of a male-fantasy, finding a woman sle … more →
