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SHORT STORY: TEENAGE LOVE & HATE— A Jukebox Tragedy
The jukebox glowed in the corner, its vinyl spinning like fate itself. Alex leaned against it, eyes soft, voice trembling: “Only you can make this world seem right.” (The Platters). Jamie smiled, answering tenderly: “Love me tender, love me true, all my dreams fulfilled.” (Elvis Presley). But innocence cracked quickly. She turned away: “Bye bye… Continue reading
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WAR OF THE GODS
GREEK VS ROMAN Now we will pit the GODS one against the other to determine which is the stronger and more powerful. The Battle of Equals: Greek vs Roman Gods The Epic Battle of Pantheons Sing, O Muse, of the gods in their glory, When Olympus and Rome met in the heavens, And… Continue reading
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BASS REEVES
THE TRUE STORY Bass Reeves was born into slavery around 1838 in what is now Crawford County, Arkansas. He spent his early life on a plantation and, according to most accounts, escaped during the Civil War era and fled into Indian Territory, where he lived among and learned from several Native American nations. After escaping,… Continue reading
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THE BIG FIVE
PART II THEIR BASIC SAVAGERY Fat black bucks in a wine-barrel room,Barrel-house kings, with feet unstable,Sagged and reeled and pounded on the table,Pounded on the table,Beat an empty barrel with the handle of a broom,Hard as they were able,Boom, boom, BOOM,With a silk umbrella and the handle of a broom,Boomlay, boomlay, boomlay, BOOM. The Congo:… Continue reading
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TOM & JERRY
THE BATTLE The kitchen was a civil war waiting to happen: a late sunbeam slanted across the linoleum, a half-open pantry hummed with the promise of crackers, and a pie cooling on the windowsill glowed like treasure. Tom dozed on the rug, one ear twitching with the faint music of the refrigerator. Jerry, small as… Continue reading
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POPEYE VS BLUTO
WINNER? Bluto and Popeye: A Salty Yarn The sun had just climbed over the harbor when the first trouble brewed — the kind that smells faintly of motor oil and bad intentions. A crate of prize-winning spinach had arrived on the docks, tied in rough twine and stamped with a farmer’s proud seal. Word spread… Continue reading
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WOODSMEN AT DAWN
DANIEL BOONE VS DAVEY CROCKETT Woodsmen at Dawn The fog still clung to the hollows when Boone stepped out of his lean-to, rifle in hand and moccasins whisper-soft on the loam. He had slept like a man who trusted the night; the land around him was an old friend that remembered every deer trail, every… Continue reading
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THE BIRTH OF A NATION
KU KLUX KLAN REBIRTH D.W. Griffith’s controversial epic 1915 film about the Civil War and Reconstruction depicted the Ku Klux Klan as valiant saviors of a post-war South ravaged by Northern carpetbaggers and freed Black people. A cinematic masterpiece. Hugely successful box office hit. The most blatant, patently racist film ever produced. Responsible for the… Continue reading
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THESE QUOTES WILL INSPIRE YOU IN YOUR
FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM BERNIE SANDERS AND THE GREAT DICTATOR QUOTES ON ANTI-FASCISM “Rule #1: Believe the autocrat. He means what he says. Whenever you find yourself thinking, or hear others claiming, that he is exaggerating, that is our innate tendency to reach for a rationalization. This will happen often: Humans seem to have evolved to… Continue reading
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THE FOG BENEATH WHITECHAPEL – PART II
LONDON 1888 PART II The Knock Inspector Elias Harrow hadn’t slept in three days. The sixth victim haunted him — her folded hands, the blackened rose, the silence. He was staring at the map again, tracing lines between the murders, when a knock echoed through his office. A woman stepped inside. She wore a long… Continue reading
