Mrs. Markey’s Sentient Fiddle – (scene 4)

A Novella in installments, tracing the intermingling autobiographies of a boy and a violin, spanning over a century. The previous episode is right here. To find any episode, look here.


(The protagonist posing with some old friends.)

(4) – Baby Tomatoes in the Witch Cottage, rural NJ, 1961

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Mrs. Markey’s Sentient Fiddle – (scene 3)

A Novella in installments, tracing the intermingling autobiographies of a boy and a violin, spanning over a century. The previous episode is right here. To find any episode, look here.


(The protagonist posing with some old friends.)

(3) – Buried Alive and Resurrected in Albany, 1897

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Mrs. Markey’s Sentient Fiddle – (scene 2)

A Novella in installments, tracing the intermingling autobiographies of a boy and a violin, spanning over a century. The previous episode is right here. To find any episode, look here.


(The protagonist posing with some old friends.)

(2) – A Date With the Witch Lady, rural NJ, 1961

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Mrs. Markey’s Sentient Fiddle – (scene 1)

A Novella in installments, tracing the intermingling autobiographies of a boy and a violin, spanning over a century. To find any episode, look here.


(The protagonist posing with some old friends.)

(1) – Sears & Roebuck Co., Chicago, 1897

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Hormone Train, All Aboard

I’m thinking soon to do a WP hiatus, six to twelve months, to work on a book of short stories. Here is one I’ll likely include; it’s first version is four or five years old, but I will do some minor polishing. I’d been thinking about the shitshow that dating has become in the web era, especially for young people who never experienced a purely un-virtual adolescence. Then… I had a strange dream that night, similar to this sci-fi lite tale, situated in the middle of the 2030s.

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