Who wins? Word count 1187 Duke’s call from Janine: “Duke, this must come from out of the blue. I know that we have not been in touch for twenty years since I left town. It must have been quite a shock, considering what we … Continue reading Switch
What?
Failed hearing test - must need aid Word count 875 Duke started hallucinating about a month before seeing a psychiatrist. At 7pm someone, perhaps himself, went flying off a cliff on a horse, but never landing. That was just the beginning. From that day … Continue reading What?
Wildest
Some gratuitous "girl on girl" filmed at studio after hike Word count 778 Interviewer: Good evening America, welcome to Celebrity Chat, this is Jason Atkins interviewing Terri Tight, pornstar, on her book Wildest - Sex and More Sex on The PCT. Jason: How are you … Continue reading Wildest
Prodigal Father
Picture of Seattle. No good free father and adult son found. Word count 4454 Prodigal Father Duke’s Story Part One – I was drinking Black Butte Porter at my favorite bar after a miserable day at work. I’m the actuary at an insurance company that … Continue reading Prodigal Father
Mad(ison) Men
The Ones that I didn't get to know Word count 1661 This is the personal story of some men, one in particular, an era, a school, a 50th reunion, mortality and a culture. In order to give it some relevance to a wider audience, I … Continue reading Mad(ison) Men
*lr*d
Started between present day Tel Aviv and Damascus Word count 2028 The following scroll was found buried in the Tel Egot on the present day border of Israel and Syria December 15, 2018. Because of the dangerous border little archaeology had been … Continue reading *lr*d
Better Than Nightmares
One of the horrors Word count 854 Day 1 The nightmares started shortly after we inherited a fortune from my in-laws. I would go to sleep and immediately go into a dream in which my late in-laws tortured me. Before the first … Continue reading Better Than Nightmares
A Life Examined
The end Word count 1083 Found in a Recorder of the Deceased Well that felt like the big one. At least the first jolt. OK, I had been warned. The docs said I should stop with the alky and pills, but I thought that I … Continue reading A Life Examined
Reprieve
Don't worry about the knive, he's about to fall over dead Word count 4000 It started in January of 1990, but the exact date is unknown. George Bush was the US president. The Soviet Union was disintegrating and its satellite states were going their own … Continue reading Reprieve
Mild
Nebraska the home of "Wild" Word count 1105 Good things and bad things before and after the trail / trial In 1995 I had a vision or daydream or a hallucination, I’m not sure which. My whatever-it-was was that in 18 years a woman … Continue reading Mild
Doug Hawley 