Category Archives: fiction

Morning Poem, February 11, 2015

Posted on February 11, 2015 by labeak52

Last night I dreamed Of a house in town Where once an old friend lived.   It had fallen to me To buy the place and save the world from sin.   I hadn’t the money Had not the means … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Thirteen Moons, by Charles Frazier

Posted on December 28, 2014 by labeak52

I read lots of books.  I’d read more of them if time allowed and I anticipate such a happy circumstance soon, as the date of my retirement approaches.   I read a good bit of non-fiction.  In the past few … Continue reading →

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Truth and Fiction

Posted on September 18, 2014 by labeak52

Joe Bird, my good friend and fellow founder of The Shelton College Quarterly, has commented on this quote I sent him the other day:   Truth may be stranger than fiction, but fiction is truer.     Joe says that … Continue reading →

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Evening Post,September 9, 2014

Posted on September 9, 2014 by labeak52

No poem this evening, sorry to say.  I’ve spent the evening patching places between the chapters in my soon to be released novel Overtime: A Basketball Parable. The book is kind of a mix between “Field of Dreams” (but, basketball … Continue reading →

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The Mooneys

Posted on August 20, 2014 by labeak52

The first people who lived on this hill were the Mooneys. Long gone now, they were ancient, even when I was just a boy. Jessie and Martha sat fat in metal chairs all day long.  Like two mounds of mashed … Continue reading →

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