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December 1, 2014

"The Dirtbag at the Gym," a short from The Roadkill Colle...

"The Dirtbag at the Gym," a short from The Roadkill Collection about a Facebook pile on, was just nominated for inclusion in Queens Ferry Press's 2015 short fiction anthology.

The Roadkill Collection: forty–nine shorts that leave burning rubber all over the road. Available here.


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Published on December 01, 2014 12:22

November 5, 2014

Available now, The Roadkill Collection, from Big Table Pu...

Available now, The Roadkill Collection, from Big Table Publishing. Forty–nine flash stories that leave burning rubber all over the road. Buy it here.


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Published on November 05, 2014 14:31

Coming in mid–November of 2014, The Roadkill Collection, ...

Coming in mid–November of 2014, The Roadkill Collection, my flash fiction collection from Big Table Publishing. Purchase and performance details to follow.


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Published on November 05, 2014 14:31

February 3, 2014

"Fig Tree Gazing"


“Fig Tree Gazing” in Santa Fe Writers Project Journal, February, 2014. A longtime couple gropes for the key. Scheduled sex, shirtless flexing, Brokeback Mountain, spirit feral cat, nude housecleaning, Emerson quoting an Arab proverb: “A fig tree, looking on a fig tree, becometh fruitful.”

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Published on February 03, 2014 10:46

December 20, 2013

The Douchebag At The Gym


New flash published today, about ridiculing a stranger online. A jolt between your jolts of espresso. In Postcard Shorts





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Published on December 20, 2013 08:43

October 8, 2013

Chief Wahoo Speaks


Chief Wahoo Speaks


Ooo! Ah! Ah!(the tom­–tom beat)
Kill’m!
Slash’m!
Burn’m!
Rape!
Ooo! Ah! Ah!(The blood–red beat)


Rape white women!
(boom boom boom)
Kill white children!
(boom boom boom)


Slash’m!
Kill’m!
Burn’m!
 Rape!

Wahoo! Wa!(our ancient cry)
Wahoo kill!(our savage cry)


Hi yi ya(our ancient dance)
Hi ya ya(our base hit dance!)


Kill `em!
Scalp `em!
Suck `em dry!
Drink red bloodof dead white man!


Hi ya! Hi!Big game today!Hi ya! Hi!Turn double play!

Drink’m blood of dead white man!
Paint skin red with dead white man!


And now, savage Tribe of blood–red skin, hear Chief say—
Kill`m!
Slash’m!
Burn’m!
Rape!
And when done—go beat`m A’s!
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Published on October 08, 2013 16:13

September 27, 2013

Flash Flood Warning! Rolling Writers Nov. 9



Rolling Writers' Flash Flood is coming November 9

Ethel RohanTony PressTownsend WalkerZarina ZabriskyJon Sindelland Others
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Published on September 27, 2013 15:10

August 13, 2013

Grading Bad ... a Breaking Bad Riff

Breaking Bad fans, check out my Breaking Bad parody, "Grading Bad," in Hobart. How will Ms. L pay for Mittens' health care!!!

Fabulous Alyssa Moore illustration ...


Long I've wanted to be in Hobart. Well, I've had baseball haiku in there a couple of times, but this is my first story.
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Published on August 13, 2013 13:35

August 8, 2013

Chief Wahoo Speaks. Or, Really, Cleveland Indians?


Chief Wahoo Speaks


Ooo! Ah! Ah! (the tom­–tom beat)
Kill’m!
Slash’m!
Burn’m!
Rape!
Ooo! Ah! Ah!(The blood–red beat)


Rape white women!
(boom boom boom)
Kill white children!
(boom boom boom)


Slash’m!
Kill’m!
Burn’m!
 Rape!

Wahoo! Wa!(our ancient cry)
Wahoo kill!(our savage cry)


Hi yi ya(our ancient dance)
Hi ya ya(our base hit dance!)


Kill `em!
Scalp `em!
Suck `em dry!
Drink red blood of dead white man!


Hi ya! Hi!Big game today!Hi ya! Hi!Turn double play!

Drink’m blood of dead white man!
Paint skin red with dead white man!


And now, savage Tribe of blood–red skin, hear Chief say—
Kill`m!
Slash’m!
Burn’m!
Rape!
And when done—go beat`m A’s!




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Published on August 08, 2013 22:41

Chief Wahoo Speaks. Or, Really, Cleveland Indians? Really?


Chief Wahoo Speaks


Ooo! Ah! Ah! (the tom­–tom beat)
Kill’m!
Slash’m!
Burn’m!
Rape!
Ooo! Ah! Ah!(The blood–red beat)


Rape white women!
(boom boom boom)
Kill white children!
(boom boom boom)


Slash’m!
Kill’m!
Burn’m!
 Rape!

Wahoo! Wa!(our ancient cry)
Wahoo kill!(our savage cry)


Hi yi ya(our ancient dance)
Hi ya ya(our base hit dance!)


Kill `em!
Scalp `em!
Suck `em dry!
Drink red blood of dead white man!


Hi ya! Hi!Big game today!Hi ya! Hi!Turn double play!

Drink’m blood of dead white man!
Paint skin red with dead white man!


And now, savage Tribe of blood–red skin, hear Chief say—
Kill`m!
Slash’m!
Burn’m!
Rape!
And when done—go beat`m A’s!




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Published on August 08, 2013 22:41