“Alabama.”
The senior Congressman from the great state of Alabama stood and sweated a little. “Alabama cast its vote for Mr. Donald Trump of New York,” he said at last.
“Alaska.” Continue reading Time to Choose
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Cinderella
Cinderella
I’m reading a book called The Reflections of Queen Snow White, by David Meredith. It picks up the fairy tale thirty years from happily ever after, when Prince Charming is dead and their daughter is about to get married. Snow White, attended by her remaining Dwarf (who is now Chief Steward) muses on her eventful life. It’s pretty good – though not perfect – and inspired me to see what I could do with another well-known story. I hope you like it. Continue reading Cinderella
The Wrath of McSwain
Mayor Tanko McSwain of the McMurto District ran a pretty tight ship, but he could never come to grips with the problem of homelessness. Since the 2008 recession homeless people had overrun the District. Some were schizophrenics and other folks with mental health problems, and some were people who refused to work, but many were families in which the breadwinner had lost her job in the latter part of the last decade and had never found work after that. Continue reading The Wrath of McSwain