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Accidental (?) Reader
So when does a healthy appetite for new things to read get out of hand? Easy, when friends and relations start making suggestions. My friend Rebecca pointed out in her trademark low-key fashion that the biography of Stalin written by E. Radzinsky was depressing, but excellent. OK, normally this would be out of my comfort …
Eudaemonia
In a fit of COVID-confinement boredom, I recently took advantage of a six month membership offer for a popular dating website.
Freedom
“Freedom always costs more than you’re willing to pay. In my case, half — plus most of the good furniture..” Dan M. Kalin Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay
Dear Leader Tales
2020 has been a very trying year for humanity. In addition to a barely-checked viral contagion causing widespread economic distress, there are the usual cavalcade of Dear Leaders doing exactly what they do best, oppressing and dividing the rest of us. Politicians don’t have an exclusive in this regard, although sometimes it seems that way. These stories and poems are meant to humorously talk truth to power, even though we fully understand the narcissists simply won’t see themselves represented. Whether your Dear Leader is an orange-haired Wendigo, Asian Dictator, Religion, CEO, spouse, demon, or feline overlord — all are fair game in this wide-ranging collection.
As the contentious American Presidential Election campaign comes to a close, many of us could use a humorous respite and to remind ourselves the problem is not new or different, just oppression’s same old song. Take a break, read these stories — the things we worry about today will pass and new ones will emerge. This collection will take you to the next screen.
Featuring original stories and poems by Cathy Adams, Daniel Ausema, Eric Avedissian, Paul L. Bates, Jane Blanchard, Ben Boegehold, Warren Brown, Jim Courter, Devo Cutler, Derek Des Anges, Buzz Dixon, Katrina Dybzynska, Mike Ekunno, Louis Evans, Robert Morgan Fisher, Andrea Goyan, N.E. Griffin, Lauren Stoker, Jill Hand, Langley Hyde, Will Isenberg, Andrew Jensen, John H. Kalin, J.J.J. Kearns, Richard Lau, Kate Maxwell, Teresa Milbrodt, Lena Ng, Peter Ntephe, Mark Nutter, Nicole M. Pyles, Jim Robb, Jeff Seeman, Margaret S. E. Smith. Guest editor E. E. King joins this illustrious group as well as in-house authors Dan M. Kalin and Sarah M. Kalin.
Dear Leader Tales is now available for purchase at Amazon for Kindle and paperback
It is also available world-wide for order through local bookstores (reference ISBN: 9781970087130)
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Chasing Eleven
Available Now:
Chasing Eleven is a multi-genre collection of short stories by award-winning author Dan M. Kalin.
Stories Include:
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- Witch Simona thinks the president might be under an evil curse
- Virgie can’t understand why doors are being closed in her face
- People in the family die, after taking a road trip with Auntie Lu
- Timothy has a frustrating life only cake can improve
- Dave wants to visit long-lost cousins but receives strange signals
- Lucas wants nothing more than to be a long-haul trucker (and serial killer) until a higher calling beckons
- Even sorcerer Silver needs to settle into a new home
- Frustrated author Leo searches for new ways to market his books
- Brian finds new ways to finance elective surgical procedures
- Linguist Annie Richardson discovers a puzzling artifact within all human minds
- Breakfast and a tall tale with one of the last Oklahoma dust bowl refugees
Purchase on Amazon.com or any local bookstore.
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