“East Front of the Capitol,” William R. Birch, 1800

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A few future publications …

Hey, gang.  The holidays and the new year are nearly upon us, and I just wanted to give you a rundown of some publications of my writing that will appear between now and the spring.

The Bees Are Dead is scheduled to publish my poem “school shooter” sometime this month.

Down in the Dirt magazine has selected my poem, “hens staring upward,” for publication in its March/April 2019 issue. The issue will be released on April 1, and will be available both in print and online.

The Piker Press will feature five submissions of my writing in the coming months.  My time-machine horror story, “Shine Now, Fiercely, Forever,” will appear at the weekly online literary magazine on December 10th.

Four poems of mine will also be featured by the Piker Press next year: “This Windy Morning” (January 14th), “Roanoke Summer Midnight” (February 18th), “Confession” (April 8th) and “My Mother’s Apartment” (May 6th).

I hope you are all as eager as I am for a festive season.  Have fun, stay safe and be well.

 

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Cover to “Catwoman” #63, Adam Hughes, 2007

DC Comics.

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“A river runs through it.”

“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.  I am haunted by waters.”

—  Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

 

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“César, Socrate, Jésus, Néron,” Felix Vallotton, 1893

Engraved wood on paper.

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First things first.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

 

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Rest easy, Stan Lee.

December 28, 1922 — November 12, 2018.

Jesus, what would the world have been like without him?

The scene below is his brief appearance opposite Jason Lee in Kevin Smith’s “Mallrats” (1995).

 

“Si Se Puede!” poster, Robert Valadez, circa 2009

“Yes We Can!”  Spanish-language variation of J. Howard Miller’s iconic 1943 “We Can Do It!” poster.  The slogan has been employed since at least 1972 by the United Farm Workers.

 

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Thank You, Veterans.

“Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982. He is holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War.”

—  Department of Defense. Defense Audiovisual Agency; Scene Camera Operator: Mickey Sanborn