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Four Bullets Brewery
Front door to Four Bullets Brewery, Richardson, Texas For about I year I watched the progress of a new small brewery here in my own town of Richardson. It was established by two experienced home...
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If You Don’t Die Of Thirst
If you don’t die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty of minutiae, the scrimshaw of tiny and precise. The...
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A Month of Short Stories 2017, Day 7 – Why Don’t You Dance?, by Raymond Carver
The bartender pouring the absinthe, note the clear green color.Pirate’s Alley Cafe, New Orleans Over several years, for the month of June, I wrote about a short story that was available online each day...
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A Month of Short Stories 2017, Day 22 – before the storm By Alex Sheal
Have a drink. Over several years, for the month of June, I wrote about a short story that was available online each day of the month…. It seemed like a good idea at the time. My blog readership fell...
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Margarita Está Linda la Mar
Margarita está linda la mar, y el viento, lleva esencia sutil de azahar; yo siento en el alma una alondra cantar; tu acento: Margarita, te voy a contar un cuento: —-Rubén Darío, A Margarita Debayle...
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Acquiring A Taste
“Keep on acquiring a taste for what is naturally repugnant; this is an unfailing source of pleasure.” ― Aleister Crowley, The Book of Lies I’ve stolen something. There is a bar that I visited last...
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Matcha
“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground Matcha Tea, Berkner Park, Richardson, Texas I am having success with my plan of riding my...
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Frequently There Must Be A Beverage
“Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: Frequently there must be a beverage.” ― Woody Allen, Without Feathers Mural (detail), Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas
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Short Story Of the Day – The Friendly Ghost (flash fiction) by Bill Chance
“I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didn’t know who I was – I was far away from home, haunted and tired with travel,...
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Short Story Of the Day – The Death of Samuel Flood (flash fiction) by Bill...
“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” ― Ernest Hemingway Italy, Texas I have been feeling in a deep hopeless rut lately, and I’m sure a lot of...
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