ice rivers

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I have 1102 stories published in 27 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 548536 times and 273 of my stories have been cherry picked.
60 of my 1,052 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 63 votes

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My stories

Premature Publication

As prolific as I am, I often sacrifice quality for excitement and expediency. Here's what I'm talking about. I have fifteen minutes to create this...

Winking

I'm a winker not a "wanker". When it comes to punctuation, air quotes stand for winks. If you catch my drift. If I'm walking through the mall and I...

Blanchett is Tar

I'm not sure exactly how to classify the movie Tar . It's kind of an unsolved mystery both with its generic classification as well as within the plot...

Roy Buchanan in Central Park

He did a lot but he could've done a lot more if he hadn't fallen off the wagon and hung himself in a jail cell. I guess that's why they call it the...

Completing the Vigil With Muttered Asides

If I were to engage either artificial ghost writers Casper or Jasper, I would want to test them first. It's pretty clear that Ice has a great...

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60 of my comments have received 63 Great Feedback votes

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Brings back

Posted on Sun, 24 Nov 2019

a reminder of that first argument...the shock of it...the suddeness of it...the innocence of it.....the pain of it......the consequential/inconsequentiality of it....."I'm looking through you, where did you go, I thought I kew you, what did I...

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Posted in Philosophy and Cappuccino

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that's

Posted on Thu, 03 Oct 2019

what ahm tawkin' bout. Love it

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Posted in American Diaspora

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The empty seat

Posted on Fri, 17 May 2019

My father filled that seat and left it to me.

Thank you

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Posted in On An Imminent Death

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good advice

Posted on Sat, 28 Jul 2018

I taught Creative Writing for 20 years. I woukld have been the person giving you the same advice you gave me, which is great feedback as I indicated. I have been writing for over 60 years now...i love it.....i can't help it....fish gotta swim...

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Posted in Short Cherry Rant

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The problem comes in when I'm

Posted on Sat, 28 Jul 2018

The problem comes in when I'm writing a novella. If the scenes don't attract attention in the beginning, they become far less "compelling" to new readers as the work continues. As of now, only 11 peple at the most, are up to date on what I'm...

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Posted in Short Cherry Rant

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kayfabe

Posted on Sat, 10 Mar 2018

Kayfabe is a carnival term for never letting a non- carny in on the secrets of the carny. Wrestling has a long association with carnivals.

Bad guys are always bad guys in kayfabe and they hate good guys in kayfabe which is like pretending...

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Posted in Donald Trump in the beginning

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i'm beginning to agree

Posted on Mon, 18 Dec 2017

in some ways i've resisted this mine because it seems too easy. Ya know the ageless bugaboo of thinking that it can't be any good unless it's a creative struggle. I should be old enough at this stage to realize this and appreciate the gold mine...

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Posted in Ralph and Big Dave

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I like it

Posted on Thu, 31 Aug 2017

I think I could use some indentations.

My favorite line....."In a way, it’s sort of like I’m feeling the story, connected with the characters beyond sight. Truly in touch with it, if you want.”

want might be will

Good work...

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Posted in Eyes

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very promising

Posted on Sun, 21 Feb 2016

I will continue to read which is the height of compliment, isn't it?

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Posted in Mistress and Servant Part 1

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paragraphing is important

Posted on Sun, 14 Feb 2016

yes it is and your paragraphing style moves the reader briskly through the content. Maybe reconsider the commas in the last sentence. I love it when stories end with a very short parageraph. Bravo

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Posted in Play, You...Play Me

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