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Author has written 28 stories for General, General, Humor, Song, Humor, and School. The stuff below pretty much speaks for itself. The less said about it, the less painful. "Ev's Letter to Posterity" and "Accompanying the Money and Hard Goods" belong to the same fictional setting - touching the same corner of the world, at that. - just in case you were dying to know. | |||||||
1. When Come To the HalfHour AfterThis is possibly my favorite poem of all I've written. Just so you know.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 157 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-25-06 - Published: 7-25-062. Case O1CU812 reviewsIt's not THAT far from happening.Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 256 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-25-06 - Published: 7-25-063. Accompanying the Money and Hard Goods »Illoi did save most of the letters. You would’ve too, had you the luck of such a correspondent. (A story, with a fictional setting, in 14 letters. Already finished, updated every week.)General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 2 - Words: 730 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-25-06 - Published: 6-30-064. KathleenCharacter study. You see this girl on a lot of sex-based sitcoms. In case you couldn't tell, I'm not much of a fan.General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 177 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-25-06 - Published: 7-25-065. Ev's Letter to Posterity"Ev was a singer. I was his backgrounder..." (That is to say, this story is a waste of everybody's time. Move on.)General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,212 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 12-16-05 - Published: 12-16-056. Surrepitious SuspiciousYou know you want to read it. (CAUTION: Poem requires strict attention. Made-up words galore.)General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 116 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 2-10-05 - Published: 2-10-057. In ThanksSome people are just awkward. And sometimes life puts such people in cruel juxtapositions. And sometimes a poem really doesn't have any ready summary. And sometimes the authors winds up looking stupid in that case. No, wait. Mosttimes.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 505 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 2-10-05 - Published: 2-10-058. Small Talk reviewsYou get crazies in any job/You dealing with customers - any sort. "That's called a teaser, by the way" - Calvin)General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 271 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-28-04 - Published: 12-28-049. At his Deft Hands reviewsSo what's the difference between the "general" and "life" categories?... erm, I mean, hello. Hope you enjoy the poem.General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 155 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-26-04 - Published: 12-26-0410. Lowell Girls reviewsThose who pay attention in history but not because they enjoy it will assume by the title that this is not a fun poem. And it's not. (That's what happens when you write angst with the intent of angst, however light.)General - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 97 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-22-04 - Published: 12-22-0411. Peek InIn which Jobey discovers that free verse can, indeed, be fun.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 59 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-10-04 - Published: 11-10-0412. Jim Malloy and his Stowaway reviewsPoetic license: when you can take an anecdote found in a fiction novel of about a hundred years ago and give it some well-deserved attention in the form of poetry.General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 386 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-7-04 - Published: 11-7-0413. Knows Best“Naw, we ain’t fall out of love. Our love jus’ too old for dem highjinks now.”General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,549 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-7-04 - Published: 11-7-0414. CoolActually, the real title is "Said by a Mother Who has Suffered a Long Week Since her Socially Mobile Son Attended a Sleepover." But it wouldn't fit.General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 113 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-19-04 - Published: 10-19-0415. Technicolor and Perfect Clarity"Busted's never in a young person's plans."Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 270 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-18-04 - Published: 10-18-0416. A Physical FantasyDedicated to my mother. (Heh! And your sick mind jumped instantly to conclusions that belied the rating, did it)School - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 385 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-5-04 - Published: 10-5-0417. Manifesto of a Body Going on Strike reviewsThis is not "good" poetry. I suggest you read it while you're sick - the same state I was in when I wrote it. 'Cause if you're half-dead it's kinda funny...Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 168 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 9-22-04 - Published: 9-22-0418. The Wait reviewsNot that the rating is technically off, but it may disturb the sheltered and/or soft-hearted among us. Particularly if they’re home alone. Without chocolate, no less. CompleteGeneral - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,100 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-22-04 - Published: 6-22-0419. An Elephant Never Forgets reviewsIt was only two young women, only a bit of forgetfulness, only a hospital visit, only the moment that should have made or broken their friendship and didn't do either. Mature themes. One-shot.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,949 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 6-6-03 - Published: 6-6-0320. Toad reviewsWhen you're just trying to be a normal bad kid, it's kind of hard to drag along a family's worth of warped Biblical names and a conscience. All he wanted was to forget the Toad, who refused to be forgotten. COMPLETEGeneral - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,394 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-11-03 - Published: 4-11-0321. Son of a Jailbird: Learning to Live reviewsYou're alone, you're orphaned, you're distrusted by everyone, and now shipped off to yet another new "home". Lucky for you, my friend, there are actually people in this town willing to stretch out a hand... or two.General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,397 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 11-10-02 - Published: 11-10-0222. Pretty Content Poor Girl reviewsWhen influenced by the lyrics of Billy Joel's "You're My Home" and listening to the addictive music of John Mellencamp's version of "Without Expression", I'm afraid something similar to this ditty comes out. COMPLETESong - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 391 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 9-12-02 - Published: 9-12-0223. Lotto Mom reviewsLife shattered and ruin, a middle-aged woman loses grip on reality, holding on only to one false hope. *COMPLETE*Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 268 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-21-02 - Published: 8-21-0224. Extended Hand of Friendship reviewsWhy do you bother to put up with me? I feel blinded... but I can take care of myself and can stand alone! Darn you... *COMPLETE*General - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 554 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 7-16-02 - Published: 7-16-0225. Don't Make Any Bones About It reviewsNot my poem to be proudest of, but as it's an optimist's war-cry, might as well follow that advice, right? I wonder if the "got milk?" people would purchase this... COMPLETEGeneral - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 188 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 7-15-02 - Published: 7-15-0226. If Money Buys Speed... » reviewsA low-budget dirt late model team works its way up the ladder in the late ‘70s. If you thought all racers were hillbilly gearheads, think again... Life matters to these guys, too. Ch.2: Alan gets one last chance at a job.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 8,217 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 5-18-02 - Published: 3-3-0227. Looney Zoo' or 'The Seeing of a Monkey' a Drama reviewsOne field trip. One insane tour guide. One strict old-fashioned teacher. One bully. One class clown. One studious, chimp-obsessed girl. One large zoo. Trouble? Oh, yes. *COMPLETE*Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,101 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 4-20-02 - Published: 4-20-0228. A Cat Walks the Wires reviews(How d'you write a summary for poems anyhow?) Have you ever watched a cat walk on electric wires? Ever thought of how that applies to modern human society? Do so now. **COMPLETE**General - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 134 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 4-5-02 - Published: 4-5-02