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Cover to “Amazing Stories,” Frank R. Paul, May 1929

Experimenter Publishing.

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The sandbox is filled with gasoline.

And somebody handed lighters to the two aggressive, petulant, tantrum-prone toddlers on either end.

Should something terrible come to pass, don’t blame the people of North Korea. They didn’t elect their toddler.

 

 

 

“A MAN HAS NO NAME.”

Except when a cheesy marketing gimmick causes a grown man to ransack the Dunkin’ Donuts cooler in search of a novelty plastic bottle.  Then a man has a name.

 

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Alec Guinness reads T. S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.”

Help us, Poemy-Wan Kenobi.  You’re our only hope.

 

“The Letter,” William McGregor Paxton, 1908

Oil on canvas.

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“Seated Nude With Sculpture,” William McGregor Paxton, 1941

Tempura on panel.

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34 Calls for Submissions in August 2017 – Paying markets

This looks like another good list from Erica Verrillo’s blog:

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County fountain There are nearly three dozen calls for submissions in August. Every genr…

Source: 34 Calls for Submissions in August 2017 – Paying markets

 

 

 

 

“Morning Light,” William McGregor Paxton

Date unknown.  Am I nuts if this piece reminds me a little of Matt Wagner’s work?

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“The Figurine,” William McGregor Paxton, 1921

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Black humor.

I was at Starbucks today, and I waited a full 23 minutes in line. There were still four people ahead of me. I was late for an appointment, and I needed coffee. I just … grabbed a tall coffee that had been laid out for a customer ahead of me. I didn’t pay for it. Just walked out the door.

In the parking lot, I sipped it to discover it was a delectable CAFE MOCHA.

Are you judging me? Don’t.

DON’T JUDGE ANY MAN UNTIL YOU WALK A MILE IN HIS MOCHA SINS.