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Edna Trades Up

This was done for the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge.  I was assigned to write a fantasy involving a day trader in night school.  This is a story I would never have written if not for the encouragement of friends and spouse.  We had eight days to write. […]

The Selfie

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.           […]

Incident at a Turkey Shoot

Rednecks, alcohol, and firearms – truly a heady mix.  It was my first season experiencing the rural tradition of the turkey shoot.  Always having seen mysterious, often misspelled signs advertising turkey shoots, I had to ask Spouse to describe what, exactly, a turkey shoot is.  I was beginning […]