books
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Bismuth and Blackout (“I Killed My Friends and It Thrilled Me” Chapter 8)
Did my heart still pulsate every time any of our friends uttered Gina’s name? Did her voice ever echo in my mind in the middle of any past night? Did her face ever appear on any stranger in Cinnabar? Would I be willing to walk each of the hundred streets in the city to follow… Continue reading
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Do Not Envy
Do not envy the spectacle of a life made of all colors for when you mix them in a bowl the result’s a hideous puddle Continue reading
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Mandy (A Valentine’s Poem)
Oh, Mandy! Oh, Mandy! Your futz was sweet like candy. You claimed your spot up on the hood, made me eat mouth that tasted good. Oh, Mandy! Oh, Mandy! Your body was so bendy. Inside the car, we reached fourth base grappling in a sweaty embrace. Continue reading
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The Purple Lady
Have you heard of the legend of the Purple Lady? I know the story but her name escapes me She was sent to an island with a group of heroes, Villains, builders, and the ghosts of zeroes Continue reading
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Novel #2 Title and Protocover Reveal
My good folks, I am happy to reveal the title and protocover of my second novel coming to you next year. I present to you… Continue reading
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The Lion Eating the Sun (Table of Contents)
Birthed fom the clouds of dust, cats, Pokémon, Survivor, and philosophy, this poetry collection tells stories of life, love, and loss. This book also contains elements from the author’s other works and upcoming second novel. Continue reading
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Unabashed Bromment (“I Killed My Friends and It Thrilled Me” Chapter 7)
I wouldn’t recommend treating your friends as love gurus, but I didn’t have a choice so I went against my own advice. Continue reading
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Love Conquers All (“I Killed My Friends and It Thrilled Me” Chapter 6)
You shouldn’t trust somebody who refused to turn away from the shores of the past. The earth revolved only one way and time moved only in one direction, forward. Those who protested the motion of time’s unrelenting ocean expired as prisoners of their own island, barren and lonely. Continue reading
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Myrna’s Garden (“I Killed My Friends and It Thrilled Me” Chapter 5)
I could list a few people who I believed could outrun Gina any day: stick-thin Amy who I had never seen leave the reception area, Madeleine in a pair of six-inch stilettos and even Leopold who never went beyond a jog when using a treadmill. But that assumption didn’t deter me from my mission. After… Continue reading
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Secrets in Olympia (“I Killed My Friends and It Thrilled Me” Chapter 4)
If given a chance to save a damsel in distress, would you take it or leave it? Any dick, thinking or unthinking, would take it because nothing shone brighter than any medal or trophy, except any gallant act, ancient or modern. What if the damsel was a cheesecake-liking and carbonara-loving, soon-to-be-married lady, in short, FAT?… Continue reading
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