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MY LIFE WITH MILLIE AND SAM: CONTINUED

She came home with us, and we crated her in the living room, then went upstairs in our split-level home to go to sleep. Millie began crying. We thought she missed her siblings, but she was missing company. Once moved to our bedroom, the crying stopped. In September my wife went on vacation, and I was left with un-house-broken Millie. I brought Millie into the sunroom and closed the door to the…

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A COMICAL LOOK AT THE FUTURE, BUT WHO'S LAUGHING

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MY LIFE WITH MILLIE AND SAM: A PETS' STORY

Recently, my cat, Sammy (Samantha), died. She will probably be the last pet I have. And this will be the first time this house has been without a pet in about 35 years. We’ve gone through a host of various types of animals as pets over the years. There have been lizards and snakes. I had a ball python for 25 years. We’ve had gerbils and a hamster. The hamster was found by a friend around…

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UNHOLY GROUND, A HORROR SHORT STORY, CHAPTER IX

                                                   UNHOLY GROUND                                               THE BARN  Moonlight illuminated the night.  A full moon hovered over the rolling Pennsylvania hills as Chris and Junior snuck out of their houses to carry out Chris’ artistic callings.  As Chris made his way down the road, he could see Junior up ahead.  Finding the barn by daylight was…

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A SAD REALITY

The ballroom is supposed to form Trump’s legacy. Some money could be saved. His legacy had already been formed.

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UNHOLY GROUND, A HORROR SHORT STORY, CHAPTER VIII

                                                  UNHOLY GROUND Old-man Alexander  “Get the hell out of here,” came a shout. “Shit,” said Junior.  “It’s old-man Alexander.” “What the hell is he doing here?  I thought this place was sooo scary.” “I don’t know,” said Junior.  “Let’s get out of here.” Chris replied, “This is turning into a regular convention.  I want to know what he’s doing…

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                                                  UNHOLY GROUND “Bullshit,” Chris screamed when his parents told him of their plan to move to the country.  “Philadelphia is my home.  I don’t want to live with a bunch of hayseeds that get their kicks watching corn grow or whatever the hell they grow out there.” Chris was tall and lean with a shock of red hair and a face full of freckles.  He…

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AND ALL OF US ARE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THAT SWITH

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UNHOLY GROUND, A HORROR SHORT STORY, CHAPTER VI

UNHOLY GROUND Chris Walters, fourteen, was a recent arrival to the rural town of Pinebrook.  His dad, Bob, and mom, Rachel, were originally from the area.  Shortly after they were married, they decided to move to Philadelphia and start a new life.  They created a new life; his name was Chris.  In the meantime, their dreams of life in the city were in shambles.  They both had high school degrees…

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UNHOLY GROUND, A HORROR SHORT STORY, CHAPTER V

                                                  UNHOLY GROUND John Taylor’s son, Simon, age eight, heard his father tell his mother of the mysterious disappearance of the Young family.  “They are simply gone.  They left behind everything.  All their tools, clothes – everything is still in the barn.” Simon had spent some time in the Young’s barn playing with Jake.  He remembered a ball that…

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UNHOLY GROUND, A HORROR SHORT STORY, CHAPTER IV

                                                  UNHOLY GROUND That night Jake heard the voices again, but they had now grown louder.  Unable to sleep, he waited for them to begin moaning and calling him. “Come join us,” shouted the haunting voices. There was a new horror this night.  The outline of the door of the root cellar took on a blood-red glow, as if the entrance of hell had opened up…

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UNHOLY GROUND, A HORROR SHORT STORY, CHAPTER III

  UNHOLY GROUND, CHAPTER III Jake approached his mother one afternoon as she was preparing dinner.  He wanted to talk to her before his father came home, sure that his father would call him a baby for the fears that were on his mind.  “Mom, can’t I sleep toward the front of the barn with you and dad?” Martha looked at her youngest.  She knew how little Zeke would enjoy company in their bed.  He…

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UNHOLY GROUND, A HORROR SHORT STORY, CHAPTER II

                                          UNHOLY GROUND, CHAPTER II Zeke, his wife Martha, and two sons – Jake age eight and Thomas age twelve – cleared the land.  Martha, five years younger than Zeke, had a rugged beauty.  Her sons were the image of their father.  As they worked the homestead they did, in fact, hear strange sounds.  In the depths of the woods there were sounds of unknown origin…

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UNHOLY GROUND, A HORROR SHORT STORY, CHAPTER I

                        This story was accepted for publication by Books To Go Now in 2011                                                                    UNHOLY GROUND                   Zeke Young  Shaking his head, John Taylor said to newcomer Zeke Young, “I wouldn’t build on this land if I was you.” Zeke was a lean man, his face weathered from years of working someone else’s property. …

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GOOD IDEA, WRONG METHOD

As usual with the current administration. They have an idea, but don’t know how to impliment it.

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ONE MORE TRY!

And Then He Rested was accepted for publication by Bewildering Stories in December 2007. The story has definite religious overtones, and I thought this might be a problem. It wasn’t.                                   AND THEN HE RESTED David Roser, a twenty-two-year-old graduate student, was summoned to Dr. Smithfield’s office one bleak winter afternoon.  David was enrolled at M.I.T. in the…

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     BALANCE, A STORY OF HORROR, CHAPTER V

                                 BALANCE, A STORY OF HORROR, CHAPTER V There was a recent nursing graduate, Debbie, who was assigned to Nijo’s wing in the asylum.  Being new, she had not yet developed the thick skin necessary to deal with some of the patients.  She had been told to never talk to this particular patient; told she was too dangerous.  One night she approached the cell with dinner,…