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The Beans of Production
I found the little cutie hiding in the coffee grinds. He poked his head out and looked around. He wore a red pointed cap over a smooth,...

John Lombard
Nov 19, 2023
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Inspirations - The Hands of the People
To begin, the kernel of this story is the claque, organised professional applauders in French theatre, circa the 1820s. I have used...

John Lombard
Oct 8, 2023
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The Hands of the People
We open on a soldier, Swiss, battered and dishevelled, emaciated from a month’s dreary confinement, now wrenched into the bleary light,...

John Lombard
Oct 8, 2023
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Inspirations - King Solomon Comes For Your Life, Roscoe Goodman!
The inspiration for this story is of course the American pulp heroes of the 20s & 30s - cheap, violent, and nasty stories of...

John Lombard
Sep 12, 2023
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King Solomon Comes For Your Life, Roscoe Goodman!
The squealing feral hogs ramaged rapaciously on Wall Street, skewering scuttling, blanching bankers with their piercing tusks and...

John Lombard
Sep 12, 2023
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Inspirations - Unidentified Monster in the Bagging Area
Writing a story each month, not every story is going to be a resounding success - so it is with this story of a haunted supermarket,...

John Lombard
Aug 6, 2023
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