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Category Archives: Slice of Life
Excellence Looking for a Home
Felma Sashay moved about the plaza with her uncommon grace capturing every gaze she passed. He rich brown hair swept down from her smooth brown shoulders and barely whisked the tops of the milkshake cups strapped to her ample hips. … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd fantasy, Satire, Sex, Slice of Life, walking
Tagged absurd, humor, imagination, outdoors, sexy
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The Writings of Ya Hu
(Note: and now for something completely different, in honor of Valentine’s Day.–jrs) The fuzzy rub of hair against the soft skin of his buttocks excited him as he straddled her hips. Her interest grew as he grew, each millimeter of … Continue reading
A Frog for Cheryl
(Note: This is a reprint of a poem I published years ago in Licking River Review. Not sure why, but I’ve been thinking about my long-gone friend Cheryl, who died when we were ten. The poem also appears on jamesrichardstewart.com.”) … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness, end-of-life, memory, Poem, Reprint, Slice of Death, Wildlife
Tagged animals, death, dreaming, life, loss, love
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Surface Tension
“I don’t mind the snow, it’s the ice, it has no surface tension.” “What do you mean? Of course it has surface tension, it’s ice. It’s hard. I’d say that it’s very tense.” “No. Surface tension is a property of … Continue reading
Posted in Conversation, Poem, Science, Slice of Life
Tagged friendship, humor, ice, nature, outdoors, poem, rain, snow
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Buddy Elks Out an Existence
(Note: Travel day today. We’re headed 993 miles north, back to the northwest winter. I’m okay with that.–jrs) Dear Biped, Lots of grass to eat today. We’re in that big meadow behind your house, which is mostly dark and has … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Coyote, family, Letters from elsewhere, Morning, Slice of Life, Speculative Fantasy, Wildlife
Tagged animals, coast life, coyote, elk, home, humor, life, magic, nature, ocean, Oregon coast, outdoors, rain
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Next: The Caper Salad Caper
(Note: This part 2 of a 5-part rewrite of an old piece I started and never finished. The story timeframe is somewhere in the 1970s. I’m poking fun at the genre and also at myself. If nobody likes it, that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd fantasy, Hard-boiled detective, Satire, Slice of Life
Tagged absurd, absurd humor, death, flirting, imagination
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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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Excerpt from “Death is Easy”
(Note: This is an excerpt from a Mike Ironwood novel I’ve “finished” and am now rewriting. For the sake of context, Daniel is Mike’s half-brother who is also half Nez Perce. ~jrs) When we got out of bed Bucket came … Continue reading
Posted in Detective novel, Novel Excerpt, Sex, Slice of Death, Slice of Life, story excerpt
Tagged adventure, detective story, hard-boiled, humor, love, love story, sex
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Narble Furt Lives 