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Spread Dead Fred

April 3, 2007 in 299 Words, Fiction, Flash Fiction, novels, Politics, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: , , , | by | 6 comments

VERMONT, 1998—Fred Tuttle, 79, Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, wants you to vote for the other guy. Read the rest of this entry »

Simple Lessons of War

March 25, 2007 in 299 Words, Flash Fiction, Very Short Novels | Tags: , , , , , , , | by | 8 comments

I teach fifth grade, nothing complicated: slavery, ratios and proportions, why the good side always prevails in war. Half my students at the Army base are children of Second Cavalry, currently deployed; Read the rest of this entry »

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