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Fiction Pick of the Week: "Eight Scenes From the Life of a Professional Raven"

Reflections from a bird and a mascot.

Tom McAllister Hobart Aug 2016 Permalink

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On the Way to the Killing Spree the Shooter Stops for Pizza

An unsettling look at the moments before infamy.

"The hero teacher will be shot through the lungs because this is not a world for heroes. This is a world for villains; this is a world for grand statements over subtlety."

Tom McAllister Sundog Lit Jun 2014 10min Permalink