It’s been a relatively long time, at least as the concept’s understood in the 21st century, but it has not been an inactive time. Several pieces have been sent to various publications for consideration (and ultimate rejection) but until the …
Monday the Thirteenth
Friday the thirteenth can be very inconvenient but when it falls on a Monday it can be positively annoying. One Monday such as this with the stars of misfortune perfectly aligned a disembodied head, during a teleconference with Head Office, …
Freedom of Speech Part Two of Several
Eternal Hope Springs https://vanishingpirates.com/portfolio/eternal-hope-springs/ The Scene: Inside Bob-Ed’s community store. Broderick, Pete, Grady, Luther, Parson Paul, and Alphonso are lounging in the back. It’s a little later on in the evening from Part One. Grady and Luther have played a …
Dancing on Rocks
Well it had to happen. The initial study period has come to an end. The final piece handed in and returned with comments. It’s a 5,000 word sketch of a young woman sandwiched between the end of the Great Depression and …
Freedom of Speech Part One of Several
Eternal Hope Springs https://vanishingpirates.com/portfolio/eternal-hope-springs/ The Scene: Inside Bob-Ed’s community store. Broderick, Pete, Grady, Luther, Parson Paul, and Alphonso are lounging in the back after a hard day, for most of them, of doing not very much. Bob-Ed is puttering about …
A Soul Without Quality
Eternal Hope Springs https://vanishingpirates.com/portfolio/eternal-hope-springs/ The Scene: Bob-Ed’s front porch. Drizzle swirls from a grey sky. It’s warm. Grady and Pete rock gently while sipping coffee. A Soul Without Quality “Whatever happened to Purdy Smith?” asked Grady. “Who cares.” said Pete. …
A Bigger Bear
Eternal Hope Springs https://vanishingpirates.com/portfolio/eternal-hope-springs/ The Scene: Bob-Ed’s front porch. It’s morning, cool clear and quiet. Grady sits in a rocking chair reading an old newspaper. Broderick is sitting on the porch rail to the right bearing a look of deep …
Freedom of Speech Part Three of Several
Eternal Hope Springs https://vanishingpirates.com/portfolio/eternal-hope-springs/ The Scene: Inside Bob-Ed’s community store. Broderick, Pete, Grady, Luther, Parson Paul, and Alphonso are lounging in the back. It’s the evening after Part Two. “Now I’m disturbed,” said Grady. “We’ve long had our suspicions,” said …
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