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The Evolution of the “F” Word. By Karen Hood-Caddy
The Evolution of the “F” Word. By Karen Hood-Caddy
Being a writer, I love words. So, of course, the ‘F’ word has always fascinated me.
If I told you not to say the “D” word, or the “L” word, or the “W” word, you wouldn’t know what I was talking about. None of these single letters have the power to catapult you to a particular word the way “F” slams you into the word “F*ck.” The only single letter that comes close is the “C” word, but a person who uses it might be referring to a life-threatening disease or an intimate part of the female anatomy, so there’s confusion. The “F” word has no confusion. Read More
Murder at the Columbarium by Emily Gallo (Book Review #664)
The Cheerful Prince: and other stories by Romario Ashley (Book Review #663)
Bring on the Action Gays! by Melanie Schoen
I’m a queer woman, though it took me a long time to figure that out–just about thirty-five years, actually. Mine isn’t one of those stories of knowing from a young age, or living in the closet, or parental disapproval keeping me in denial. I was an introverted kid who had a hard time connecting to other people, let alone navigating attraction, and it took years for it to occur to me I might be happier with women than men. It’s still strange to wrap my head around.
Coming to an End by Mathias Freese
Coming to an End by Mathias Freese
As I walk through the days of my life, I thought I might try my hand at what thought or feeling usually encases me. A few days ago, my housekeeper commented on a book of short stories I gave her as a gift. She and her husband are both reading it. She shared that her spouse felt I was a depressed man. I said nothing. No comment was made about the skill revealed in these stories, plot or surprises if any. I reflected on what she said and I felt that I should have told her to put the book down and to study the recent twitter ravings of the mad man in the Oval Room. If I am depressed which I have experienced throughout my life as part of living or if I have a proclivity for this feeling at least I examine, taste and roll it about in my mouth to savor its total unsavoriness. Depression and death are mafioso in my life.
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The Writer by J.C. Maetis (Book Review #660)
The Writer is a historical fiction set in the 1938’s. The story is about Mathias Kraemer, Johannes Namal, and Josef Weber. Three protagonists at a time and age where one has to write in order to live, the other lives just to be able to write and the latter, is the source for them to do so. Read More
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