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an aging man undergoes a body restoration procedure to extend his life, only to awaken in a nightmarish reality where sanity is an illusion and madness is the only truth. Read More
An asylum is hunting an inmate. A man seeking to escape must first escape his own mind. Dare you read on? Read More

Book / Other

February 07, 2025

taken from my book, "FAT & Single" Read More

Reads: 32

Comments: 2

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The screaming stopped. The storm crossed the estuary to the Broads, terrorising several tiny Suffolk hamlets. And an eerie, chilly silence descended upon the marshes of Scraley. Scraley's Angel from Is It Today? featuring Linnea Sage. Read More

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"There is a cold, dispassionate beauty to death, which you capture and depict so elegantly in this emotive story." Read More

taken from my book, "FAT & Single" Read More
taken from my book, "Where Did The Night Go?" Read More

Poem / Poetry

July 12, 2024

Reads: 83

Comments: 1

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taken from my book, "Where Did The Night Go?" Read More

Poem / Poetry

July 12, 2024

taken from my book, "Where Did The Night Go?" Read More
When I think of his words, these are the thoughts they conjure up. Read More
Making Dachau and Auschwitz again -- this time the reich way, the American way . . . Read More
Dreams are the building block of life -- the inspiration that leads to expectation. In war, I saw so many unlived dreams vanish before me . . . or do dreams never die? Are they the thread that binds us one to the other -- from one moment, from one… Read More
Painting the portrait of our next President -- a Portrait in Madness Read More

Poem / Poetry

March 24, 2024

Reads: 160

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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taken from my book, "In Liberty Of A Flying Pizza" Read More

Poem / Poetry

February 23, 2024

Reads: 92

Comments: 3

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Give me love, plenty of love. My poem. Read More
The state of our world -- a constant state of war -- evolving into a state of disgrace -- dissolving our landscape -- and evaporating our human condition into a malign acceptance . . . Read More
Here's a poem from my upcoming Fantasy novel The Divine Diamond Highway. The work is the writing of one of the novel's antagonists explaining his motivations. Read More
The completion of an Ivory Tower... Read More

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The Epilogue to my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

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Day Seven of my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

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Day Six of my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

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Day Five of my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

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Day Four of my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

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Day three of my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

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