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Excerpt from The Last Salmon
(Note: this is a quick excerpt from my story The Last Salmon (first published in Rattapallax). It’s also in my collection White Ravens–And More Stories (click the link to the right).–jrs) He almost missed his turn. The flashing yellow light … Continue reading
Posted in American history, Excerpt, Reprint, Short Story, story excerpt
Tagged coast life, fish, life, loss, love, nature, Oregon coast, short story, writing
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The Caper Salad Caper #5
(Note: Okay. I’m done with this now (probably). And yes, there was a time when cell phones did not exist (think big hair and discos). Thanks for your patience. This is my last post of the year, unless something falls … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd fantasy, Detective novel, Excerpt, Satire
Tagged absurd, absurd humor, animals, imagination, yak, yurt
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The Caper Salad Caper #4
(Note: You’ll have to suffer through this one and one more before I’m willing to let it go. Sorry.–jrs) The trail of capers led them through some bad neighborhoods, places where optimism was a word only, with no meaning or … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd fantasy, Detective novel, Excerpt, Short Story
Tagged absurd humor, bizarre, gingerbread house, imagination, writing
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Beginning: The Caper Salad Caper
The day dawned dirty, like the unspoken fantasies of a TV evangelist. Liggnum rolled over and blinked at the grey light filtering into his closet of an apartment. His eyes burned and his mouth felt like a family of spiders … Continue reading
Posted in Detective novel, Excerpt, Slice of Life, story excerpt
Tagged absurd, hard-boiled detective satire, humor, imagination, intrigue, short story, spiders
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The Glow…continued
(Note: This is a continuation of “The Glow” that was posted on October 17.–jrs) The siren refused to get closer and faded away altogether. It was the first road noise Bob had heard up here in years. He wondered about … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Excerpt, family, Oregon, Short Story, story excerpt
Tagged adventure, dogs, friendship, humor, intrigue, mountains, short story
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Ironwood Continues from Yesterday
(Note: This follows yesterday’s opening chapter. I may be absent for a bit. I have writing to do.–jrs) Homicide detective Tom Hannarty stood in my office with his chin in his hand as the coroner’s people took the body down … Continue reading
Posted in American history, Detective novel, Excerpt, Novel Excerpt
Tagged friendship, guns, humor, intrigue, weather
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Opening for Ironwood #2–Dead Me
(Note: this is one of three openings I’ve written for the “next” Ironwood novel.–jrs) Bucket’s nose in my ear woke me up. I cracked open an eye. It was still dark. I reached out, ruffled his soft ears, and tapped … Continue reading
Posted in Detective novel, Excerpt, Novel Excerpt, Oregon
Tagged animals, death, dogs, guns, humor, intrigue, rain, weather
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Excerpt: The Talons of Quantam (opening of Book II)
A giant hairless man, dressed in exquisitely tanned buckskin, woven through with cunning designs, led him to a vestibule at the north side of the great hall. “I shall be just outside. When you are cleared, I shall take you … Continue reading
Posted in Excerpt, Speculative Fantasy, story excerpt
Tagged adventure, fantasy, fiction, writing
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Narble Furt Lives 