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Richard Beckham II

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St. Louis

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Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Biographies & Memoirs

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Richard Beckham II is the author of two published novels, THE TALE OF MU and FROG IN THE POT. He is a contributing writer on the newly-launched App, HOOKED 0_0, where his text message format pieces are featured. His short fiction has appeared in Metazen, Innovative Fiction Magazine, Yesteryear Fiction, Dying Writers, Gold Man Review, Bookends Review, and Fickle Muses.

Aside from his prose, Richard has had a poem published by Leaves of Ink and a cartoon published by The Humor Times. He is also an oil painter whose work has appeared in restaurants, coffee shops, and galleries around Seattle where he lives with his wife. His paintings can be seen at: www.flickr.com/photos/rcb_2.

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“Somewhere along the line, between the idealisms of youth and the realities of adulthood, we become pacified by our jobs; we tolerate how we hurt the world so that we can sustain our lives. At some point, blurred in the past, we traded the greater good for ourselves.”
― Richard Beckham II

tags: frog-in-the-pot, quarter-life-crisis

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“Thus the great wind, the afflatus, gave breath and turbulence to all life; and inspiration clung to the minds and hearts of men.”
― Richard Beckham II

tags: genesis, life, the-tale-of-mu

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“If a frog is placed into a pot of boiling water it will immediately try to jump out; but if it’s placed into a pot of cool water that’s gradually heated until boiling, it will stay put and never try to jump out.”
― Richard Beckham II, Frog in the Pot

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tags: frog-in-the-pot, quarter-life-crisis

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“Thus the great wind, the afflatus, gave breath and turbulence to all life; and inspiration clung to the minds and hearts of men.”
― Richard Beckham II

tags: genesis, life, the-tale-of-mu

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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

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“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

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“I thought I was learning to live; I was only learning to die.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

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