Murderous Mascots September 2020 “Coloring? Seriously?” Jeremy, the new fifth-grader, complained as he took out his crayons, eyeing the strange circular symbol carved into the corner of his desk. “We stopped coloring in second grade at my old school.” “Welcome to Middletown Middle,” Jeremy’s tablemate, Ari, responded with a knowing look. “Don’t try to compare…
Category: Fiction
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The Fourteenth Ghost – Short Story
Good evening, fellow traveler. What brings you to the Inn at Ithaca Hills? Did the fox send you my way? He presumes I have nothing better to do. Well, my friend, you look tired. Have a seat by the hearth, but before you do, grab a log from the pile and feed the fire. Walk…
Remi – A short story about Paris and stolen dreams
Eighteen-year-old Kansas boy, Clark Bisbee, visits France for the first time. He wanders the streets, looking for something he cannot find. Not alone anyway. Clark saved all the money he made cleaning and helping Mom and Dad. He had ten years to make the trip happen, but now three days into his journey he’s running…
The Snake, the Mobster and the GSP
Room 1304 at City Central should hold at two patients, especially during a pandemic, but today there was but one; Victor Dominico, a seventy-five-year-old career mobster. Vic the Brick, as he was called because his fists felt like bricks when they hit something usually a jaw was just two days ago sitting in jail with a hacking cough and a fever. Doctors say in two days he’ll be six feet under, but right now, he’s cranky. He can barely breathe, and he’s being guarded by a police officer suited up in a hazmat suit.
Dee Dee McGee and Her Musical Knee
Have a little scab-picker living under your roof? Here’s some bad poetry that may not stop your kid from picking scabs, but will let them know you’re paying attention. Dee Dee McGee and Her Musical Knee Dee Dee McGee Skinned Her knee, While Climbing up a sycamore tree. She didn’t shout or little…
The Vermont Extended Universe : The Man Cave on Humpback Whale Road
The fictional places to visit in Vermont you won’t find in any travel guide, because even the locals don’t know they don’t exist. Find more Vermont Extended Universe stories including When the Devil Came to Georgia, Vermont here. The Hibernating Man The drive to the Hibernating Man was pure misery. Salt caked my windshield driving…
Gross Potions – Available on Kindle Today
I had two resolutions for 2019. The first was to develop a dessert that would be the winter equivalent of ice cream. Three weeks left in the month, and the warm mousse cone pops are still stuck in R&D. The second resolution, publish a book, check. I focused more on publishing than desserts and discovered….
Get Lost in Vermont – Vermont’s Naked Summer of 1937
Vermont’s Naked Summer of 1937 Are you ready for a wild and unexpected journey through Vermont’s history? Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to be transported back to the summer of 1937, where temperatures soared, rainfall was scarce, and clothing was optional. That’s right, you heard me correctly, Vermont’s Summer of 1937 was the year…
Get Lost in Vermont – Tsar Island
The seventh of fifty possibly fictional places to visit in Vermont you won’t find in any travel guide. These are the places the locals keep to themselves, and if you go, you’ll soon learn why. Tsar Island I was researching some of Lake Champlain’s smaller islands when I discovered the peculiar history of Potato Island….
Get Lost in Vermont – The Best Damn Mosquito Spray in New England
Stories of the confluence of Vermont’s alternate universe. This story was related to me by my doctor a couple of years ago. The locations may have been changed to protect privacy. __________ Years ago, I ran out of gas on old Highway 89. It was a hot summer afternoon, and I was heading back from…