All posts by Eric Robert Nolan

Eric Robert Nolan graduated from Mary Washington College in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. He spent several years a news reporter and editorial writer for the Culpeper Star Exponent in Culpeper, Virginia. His work has also appeared on the front pages of numerous newspapers in Virginia, including The Free Lance – Star and The Daily Progress. Eric entered the field of philanthropy in 1996, as a grant writer for nonprofit healthcare organizations. Eric’s poetry has been featured by Dead Beats Literary Blog, Dagda Publishing, The International War Veterans’ Poetry Archive, and elsewhere. His poetry will also be published by Illumen Magazine in its Spring 2014 issue.
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“October,” Alfons Mucha, 1898

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From  Les Douze Mois (The 12 Months), published in Cocorico magazine.

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It’s true (honestly).

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“Ryby,” Kazimierz Sichulski, 1908

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Pastel on paperboard.

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“I imagine what it must be like to stay hidden, disappear in the dusky nothing and stay still in the night.”

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If only I could say no to crack.

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I rise with an alarming CRACK!

Is it my knees or is it my back?

As for why my feet are raging —

these are mysteries of aging.

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Just a quick reaniminder …

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If you happened to enjoy my zombie story over at Spillwords Press,  it’s been nominated for Publication of the Month for September 2025.

You can vote for the story right here — just bear in mind that you must register with Spillwords Press first.

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Cover to “Adventures Into Darkness” #10, 1953

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Standard Comics.  I cannot ascertain the cover artist — it is possibly Ross Andru.

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Abandoned House in Lawrence, Mississippi, 2024

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Photo credit: Ktkvtsh, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons

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My zombie story was nominated for a Spillwords Press Award

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Well, cool.  🙂

My zombie tale, “The Siege of Fort Buzzard,” was nominated for Publication of the Month for September over at Spillwords Press.  (The online magazine published the story on September 21.)

If you enjoyed the story and would like to vote for me, you may do so right here at this link.

Recall, please, that you would need to be registered to vote.  (There is no cost to do that.)  If you haven’t already registered, you can do that easily right here.

Thank you so much to all who read the story and nominated me!  🙂

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