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PATRICIA SAVAGE, BRONZE GODDESS OF PULP’S GOLDEN AGE
Some bear it better than others. We Savages, I think carry it poorly.” —Patricia Savage 1948 Of the many Doc Savage stories published by Street & Smith during the magazine’s sixteen-year run, “I Died Yesterday” is the only story told from Patricia Savage’s point of view. Who is Patricia Savage? She is the bronze goddess… Continue reading
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English Haiku
There are few things more tedious than bad haiku written in English. They are the bane of every college, literature class. Here’s mine: Continue reading
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THE TANGLED DREAM OF A NEOPLATONIST IN CAMPANIA
A.D. 260, somewhere in Campania, a Neoplatonist slept among a multitude of empty amphorae after a heated debate with a Cretan who also happened to be a Cynic. This was his tangled dream— Mind and Soul take a walk through a garden on the newly minted Earth. And there they come upon Demiurge still busy… Continue reading
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SNAPSHOTS
I love snapshots. Anyone with enough practice or luck can take a good one. And most people have taken a great one. I remember long ago my dad telling me to put the Sun to my back as I shot with our Kodak camera. And It’s funny looking through our old snapshots, because it’s not… Continue reading
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THE BEDROCK TIME SLIP
This is a dream I dream where I was Fred Flintstone trapped in a George Jetson world. The entire dream is here more or less with some embellishment. The bed tilts me onto a conveyor belt that whisks me into the shower. Along the way, a vacuum sucks off my nightshirt; spigots open and shower… Continue reading
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ONCE AGAIN THE END IS NEAR
Texas. July 2015. The world is ending. The date is set. And this time it happens on Wednesday. It’s funny. People hate things like the IRS, but just love things like the end of the world. I admit it’s exciting. It has zest. And it’s the period at the end of humanity’s log sentence. It’s… Continue reading
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