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The Sky Is Falling, The Sky is Falling
“The Sky Is Falling, The Sky is Falling.” Those were the words of Chicken Little, also known as Henny Penny, in a children’s folk tale to illustrate a groundless or absurd conviction that some catastrophic consequence is imminent or underway. … Continue reading
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The Better Version
Albert Siegel had a day off, a miserable Monday, and risked going out for a walk in the park not yet off limits. Even as he walked the paths, he noticed the very few other walkers hurried along, heads bent … Continue reading
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Some Things Never Change
(I’ve been less than productive with my fiction and have taken to typing at random hoping I can beat the chimp also typing a random to recreate the Complete Works of Shakespeare. I read somewhere that the chimp doing so … Continue reading
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I Spy with My Little Eye…A Career Shift
Every word of this story is true except those which are not. The year is 1977 and I’m at Tufts pondering whether to major in International Affairs (IR), History, or just Poli Sci. Poli Sci was easier of the two, … Continue reading
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Island Hopping
Geoffrey Lewis looked south where the clouds had gone greyer and lower. Nothing. He listened for the helicopter. Maybe with weather coming in, they’d take the big aluminum boat with the warm cuddy cabin. But all he heard were waves … Continue reading
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Oskar
The smiles of the small crowd on the street disappeared faster than the people who hurried away from the boys in the brown outfits. Yelling profanities despite the presence of children who’d been enjoying the man’s show, they kicked his … Continue reading
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Hold That Head High
(I read recently that decapitated heads do things for a few moments, movements, probably a function of nerves as opposed to consciousness after execution. Right? Well, there have been studies saying that there is some awareness, which is totally gross … Continue reading
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Flatlander
In the old days, according to his people’s laws, it would have been perfectly fine to replace a relative who died with someone adopted into the family. That was especially the case if the relative had been murdered by a … Continue reading
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A Day in the Life of Gus Peterman
Gus Peterman had the rest of his days ahead to look forward to. Both of them Of course, that wasn’t much of a surprise. Once you’re diagnosed with terminal cancer, once you’ve gone through the whole denial, bargaining thing, you’re … Continue reading
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A Day on the Lake
Sam pumped and pumped but it was no use. The ball was dead flat. He wanted to swim with it as a substitute for the disintegrated styrofoam kickboard, the victim of a summer’s fun for a few too many kids. … Continue reading
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