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Category: Fiction
With Arthur Rimbaud, at the Chamber of Commerce
French poet Arthur Rimbaud wrote most of his well-known works as a teenager, then abandoned poetry for a mercantile career. Poetry Magazine Rimbaud It’s 11:45 and I’m standing outside Rimbaud’s Hardware, waiting for my […]
With Summer Attendance Down, Vatican Tries Bobble-Heads
VATICAN CITY, Rome. Summer is always a time of low attendance at churches, even for Catholicism, which sticks to its strict rule that if you miss Sunday Mass and are killed in an auto accident, […]
Gaylord Goforth’s Guide to Summer Survival
My Fabulous Followers: The intense heat of summer is upon us. And if you haven’t noticed the steam bath we call weather, it means you’ve not left the house since Memorial Day. My little hermit […]
For One Self-Published Author, Giving Back Means Getting Rid Of
WESTLAND, Mass. For Todd Schlemke, a happy marriage, two healthy and financially independent children and a successful career as a pension actuary were the product of forty years of hard work and sacrifice, but as […]
World on Edge as Freedonia, Ruritania Clash on Fictional Border
DOS FLEDENS, Freedonia. Vergloz Deprens is a father of two young children, but they won’t see him this morning when they wake up. “He is called away, middle of night,” says Olglz, his 32-year-old wife. […]
Break Time in the Army Corps of Engineers Mascot Lounge
The Army Corps of Engineers spent $92,000 on costumes for mascots such as Bobber the Water Safety Dog. Money Well Spent? by Michael Grabell It’s 9:45 a.m., and excuse me if I’m sneaking a […]