Stephen Deck
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Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
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“The payments of revenge can be served with the bluntest kind of tools.
~ The Jackass in The Road”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
~ The Jackass in The Road”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
“Why did I live so long?" said the old lady.
“To set examples," said the priest.
— The Old Lady”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
“To set examples," said the priest.
— The Old Lady”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
“The jackass was lying in the road. He was paralyzed. His spine had been severed by gunfire. He had been moving. His lungs were filling with blood. Some of the blood ran out his nostrils and on the cobbleblocks.
~ The Jackass in The Road”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
~ The Jackass in The Road”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
“Why did I live so long?" said the old lady.
“To set examples," said the priest.
— The Old Lady”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
“To set examples," said the priest.
— The Old Lady”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
“It was very hot. All the soil was cracked from the sun. The Texas sun and it had not rained for a very long time.
— Texas Hardpan”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
— Texas Hardpan”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
“Fredes Salvatore Mendez was on his last legs. He was on his deathbed, on the second floor in the old section of the Hospital Santo Tomas, over on Balboa Avenue."
— A Requiem for Fredes Mendez.”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
— A Requiem for Fredes Mendez.”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
“I’d heard it many times before. That the great deal of the staff at the RiRa put on fake accents. They weren’t even Irish. An English told me.
— Land of The Story Tellers”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
— Land of The Story Tellers”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
“The assassin had crammed a note of white ream paper, into the mouth of Fajil Sajid Bhotto. It was written in black ink, and revealed the hate harbored by the killer, and a list of reasons.
But the police never leaked the contents, and kept everything closed and tight, and after all these years the murder evidence remained swept under the rug.
— Direct Object Formula”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems
But the police never leaked the contents, and kept everything closed and tight, and after all these years the murder evidence remained swept under the rug.
— Direct Object Formula”
― Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems




































