Frivolity #1
Got the shu mai, got the eye in the sky and the pumpkin pie. That’s what he sang, walking with...
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Author: Paul Talbot
Outside Copeland, Idaho
Outside Copeland, Idaho, he walked into a funeral parlor where the air was so dead a dry sadness...
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Where The Night Scorches The Day
Where the night scorches the day and burns it away, the big signs blaze. Huge videos sputter and...
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When She Awoke
When she awoke, gauzy and warm, she tried not to disengage from her dreams. It would hurt to leave...
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Only The Grifters Knew
First came the Mormons, then the railroad and then the grifters. Because they saw what others...
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Trouble On The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
There’s trouble on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Thousands of steelhead trout are...
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Ivanpah Lake
Ivanpah Lake sparkled like the basepaths of a freshly tended infield. Their BMW X5 floated...
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The Late Checkout
The late checkout was bestowed only after prolonged debate, granted by a disdainful desk clerk who...
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Across The Freeway
Across the freeway they watched the long slopes of Mount Potosi catch the morning’s first sun. ...
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They Both Lost Interest
They both lost interest at about the same time. Nick couldn’t crack into the Cypriot detective’s...
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Requiem For Radio
I found her in Paris I lost her in Rome She always knew best How to light the way home. She always...
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