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Aug.22.2012
Read part one of “A Boy’s Dakota Summer” at http://johnmorrisbenson.com. Part two will be posted later this week.
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Aug.21.2012
This is an audio story I wrote a few years back. The audio is from my now-husband Daniel Vose and the image is from a student. It's a little tidbit to hold you over while we gear up for a possible blog tour later next month.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/25911-vietnam-visits-uncle-bill
Hope you...
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Aug.15.2012
Everyone has at least one significant “what if” moment in their life. What if I had driven straight instead of turning right, and collided with that truck running the red light? What if I‘d been home when the burglar broke in? What if I hadn’t caught myself falling asleep on that long stretch of...
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Aug.15.2012
My Dad's wife and I have been playing phone tag. She started, leaving a message Saturday, "Call, your Dad's at the sleep thing, I have a favor to ask."
I called, didn't reach her, left a message.
I suspect many things from the message. I suspect my Dad is aging. He's having more health...
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Aug.12.2012
… The English Goat …
Can’t resist to share this image with you – received as a birthday present yesterday. Natasha was inspired by a recent camping trip and my story ‘Goats are Goats,’ which I posted in three instalments here.
The drawing not only hilariously fits the rainy...
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Aug.11.2012
You can read "Clover Grill" from my forthcoming eBook short story collection,Kiss Shot, now at Scribd. The story is set in New Orleans and follows a mysterious woman named Catherine who arrives at the famed Bourbon Street diner in rainstorm. The full collection will be available...
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Aug.11.2012
I'm starting a non-science fiction, non-fantasy, non-horror short story. My working title is the Business of Marriage because I like that title. It has elements of business and marriage in it.It's something that I've wanted to do for some time. Thinking about it last night and this morning, I...
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Aug.05.2012
I'm pleased to announce that When The Villain Comes Home, the short story anthology edited by Ed Greenwood and Gabrielle Harbowy, has officially been released from Dragon Moon Press! My story "The Presuil's Call" can be found within, along with the work of many other authors from rising...
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Jul.29.2012
What I saw across the road, through the watery gauze of the side window, sent an electrifying jolt through me. Magnified, blazing eyes lanced through mine, saying – you’ll find what you want. For a brief moment he was there, an intense presence, a man dressed in emerald green at the corner of...
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Jul.28.2012
Drenched, we stepped into a steaming kitchen. A sizeable family was gathered for a meal. Men had spread their wet jumpers on chairs near the central cooker. In a nook above the table hung a plain crucifix. The matriarch served food. When she saw our bedraggled state, she dropped her ladle to fetch...
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