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Oct 9

“Don Quixote and the Knights of Wokeland”

Here, every whisper was a shout, every glance a judgment, and every thought a potential heresy. One fine and ironically sunny day, Don Quixote, our antiquated and somewhat unhinged knight, found himself and his often perplexed squire, Sancho Panza, unceremoniously dumped into this extraordinarily ‘awake’ world. In Wokeland, the trees were offended by the wind’s unsolicited touch, and the sun was petitioned daily for shining too…

Satire

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“Don Quixote and the Knights of Wokeland”
“Don Quixote and the Knights of Wokeland”
Satire

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Sep 8, 2021

Art of Subtlety

Art of Subtlety If there is an art to subtlety then I don’t know how to use it one night I thought I hit it hard, I fell from the boulevard For here between two shores I wander: Holding broken mirrors I wander: Chasing ghosts and smoke I wonder (my…

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Dec 14, 2020

Sonnet I

So if these scribbles my heart will confess —

Poetry

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Sonnet I
Sonnet I
Poetry

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Nov 23, 2020

Ongoing thoughts from a Nottingham English Lit Candidate

Sketches, kernels of an idea or two, and making sense of the world of stylistic and literary linguistics Of Bloom, his Gnosticism, and towards a more catholic reading of literature The shortcoming of such a great reader like Harold Bloom is, that for all his Gnosticism married to his ardour, he sinned against literary criticism by writing impressionistic analyses which were, as…

Literature

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Ongoing thoughts from a Nottingham English Lit Candidate
Ongoing thoughts from a Nottingham English Lit Candidate
Literature

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Aug 14, 2020

Who else has felt the moon tonight?

free verse Who else has felt the moon tonight — ? How she tears me away from ripping open my itchy flesh — in cool darkness rosy mosquito kisses blossom on my skin And tingle me with an insufferable nightly itch! The moon reaches down and parts my hand away …

Poem

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Who else felt the moon tonight?
Who else felt the moon tonight?
Poem

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Jun 16, 2020

“Dr. Pavlovich”

Flash fiction under 250 words There was no time to wait. The pain reached its highest pitch and the damn thing had to come out. My wife recommended I visit one of her old boyfriends, Dr. Pavlovich, reputed to be efficient, board-certified, and even PhD-ed; in short, Pavlovich was one…

Flash Fiction

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Dr. Pavlovich
Dr. Pavlovich
Flash Fiction

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Jun 8, 2020

Don Quixote Confronts Dom Quiriquo: A Recently Discovered Scene

A lost scene from Don Quixote recently discovered in an early folio of the Spanish novel, found in the Ex-Yugoslav Archives for Hispanic Studies, newly translated by the author. Special thanks to Dr. Prof. Galdino Borachkovich for publishing permission And so it happened, that not long after our noble knight…

Don Quixote

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Don Quixote Confronts Dom Quiriquo: A Recently Discovered Scene
Don Quixote Confronts Dom Quiriquo: A Recently Discovered Scene
Don Quixote

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Jun 1, 2020

“Beyond the Yellow Brick Road”

flash fiction — Ronny was on welfare, barely making ends meet walking dogs — much more able to afford the co-pay on his bipolar meds — when Dr. Bledsoe broke the news. After an hour weeping himself red in his Corolla, he finally drove out of the parking lot. His spirit was crushed…

Flash Fiction

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“Beyond the Yellow Brick Road”
“Beyond the Yellow Brick Road”
Flash Fiction

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Mar 31, 2020

fantasias en español

cuentos sueltos y poemas compuesto durante los días de cuarentena — In order to preserve our wits — as long as this mind persists hacemos la transición al español querido lector amable — en estos días inalterable que yacen en sueño — todavía somos dueños de nuestra alma y corazón — del regalo llamado la razón I. Escuchaba una voz tan dulcecita …

Poetry

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fantasias en español
fantasias en español
Poetry

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Mar 3, 2020

Endymion

A short story romance For Paul’s Wife Before he left he had a smoke on the roof because he always liked to watch the skyline early in the morning. He felt free and unburdened — a floating silence he stood on sheet metal slats the color of rotten orange peels…

Romance

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Endymion
Endymion
Romance

9 min read

Allen Bauman

Allen Bauman

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Raconteur and essayist with a funny bone. Educator by profession.

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