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The Family BusinessThe Family BusinessThe Family Business
by John DeVera
Calibrate Nelson sighed wearily. “I told you, Sam, you need to learn the trade, that’s why.” Samuel sat in the co-pilot’s chair the way only a teenage boy can contort his body and claim that it’s comfortable. “Yeah, I know that. But while everyone is having fun in Tranquility after third term, I’m stuck with my Dad on a trip hauling sewage!” Calib scowled. “Not just sewage, boy. We’re fulfilling a very necessary niche in th
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What Does Not Kill MeWhat Does Not Kill Me Makes Me StrangerWhat Does Not Kill Me
I left Barrow Downs after my sister had left with Bork, and our father had pined away to nothing and was buried in the meadow by the brook. I had nothing to speak of to take with me, and all that I left behind was the empty house that I had always called home. It had been a hard and graceless living I made with the help of my sister and father, but without them, I would surely starve slowly. I could hire myself out for a maid, but that inevitably turned out to be the kind of prostitution which paid less than the more honest variety. I have l
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MartinMARTINMartin
by John DeVera
A single tower atop a craggy rise dominated the skyline and stood in stark relief against the white-cold morning sky. Its black granite blocks were not haphazardly piled like other fortifications hastily built in this region of Aquitaine, but were instead finely cut and fitted together like the blasphemous stones of the Egyptian pyramids. Stephen, wearing only his rough brown cassock, shuddered at the magic which seemed to emanate from the building and fingered the thrice-blessed crucifix he wore. Finally, after what seemed hours of lur
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Percy AmazedPercy Amazed by John DeVeraPercy Amazed
Percy Cavazos entered the hallowed marble edifice of the Bureau Of Gross Guesswork Legitimizing Education through the black glass double doors at the peak of the endurance challenging mountain of concrete steps that looked more appropriate to a Mayan pyramid than a public building in the middle of Watersfield. His task was simple and straightforward: to renew his credential allowing him to substitute teach at the city’s numerous junior high schools and high schools, which he had been doing for some thirteen years. When he received the vaguely threatening l
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- Current Residence: Hyperborea, I think. Could be California.
- Interests: My family, religion and the Bible, sci fi, literature, movies.
- Favourite movie: Shaun of the Dead, Pulp Fiction, Galaxy Quest, Braveheart, Serenity
- Favourite band or musician: Sting. The Police. Sychronicity is the greatest album of all time. Annie Lennox, John Colton.
- Favourite genre of music: All. Except bagpipes and banjos. Separate they're okay, but together they're poisonous.
- Favourite artist: Besides my daughter, ~thesilvertophat, I'd have to say Picasso. But I also adore Kaja Foglio.
- Favourite poet or writer: John Milton. Without question. Okay, I also like, Herrick, Donne, Herbert, C.J. Cherryh,
- Favourite photographer: Ansel Adams, I guess.
- Favourite style of art: cubism, abstract, art nouveau,
- Operating System: Caffeine, carbonation and sugar.
- MP3 player of choice: Not until they pry my cassettes from my cold, dead fingers.
- Shell of choice: Conch. No, no, clam. How about abalone?
- Wallpaper of choice: Not me. I don't like wallpaper. I prefer unpainted plaster.
- Skin of choice: Oh, that's easy. My wife's.
- Favourite game: Civilization (old school Avalon Hill), WOW, M:TG, chess,
- Favourite gaming platform: A card table.
- Favourite cartoon character: Gomez and Morticia Addams.
- Personal Quote: Ferengi have no word for crisp, but they have over fifty for rain.
- Tools of the Trade: Microsoft Word. And a hot shower. Just not at the same time.
- Website: http://free-wrath.livejournal.com/
- Email: jdevera60@aol.com
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