School's Out Forever!!!
Many years ago when I was still struggling through high school, Alice Cooper put out a song entitled “School’s Out.” Years later when I roamed the same part of the country as this rock legend, the school where I was teaching would let this oldie rumble through the speakers after the students were sent home on the last day of school. Now that I am in Oregon, the school year goes on for an extra month, but the song is beginning to play in my head. So here’s to Alice Cooper and one of my favorite songs of all time…
School’s out for-ever!!! Catchy isn’t it?
Seems like more people are tuning into my blog and I want this to be a place you can come and relax in your hammock as you read some of the stories I have written recently. One thing I will claim is that my stories are original that you will not reading on other blogs. That's the way I like it. For some of my collogues the school year has ended and I wish them well, but for me, I still have two and a half weeks to go. It has been an interesting year as we move past COVID and the nightmare that brought us. Alice Cooper is a person I have seen perform during his annual Christmas Pudding in Phoenix, AZ. He never gets old. So I wish to raise a glass and salute him as well we should.
My stories are as follows. Please read and enjoy. It makes my heart sing...
School’s out for-ever!!! Catchy isn’t it?
Seems like more people are tuning into my blog and I want this to be a place you can come and relax in your hammock as you read some of the stories I have written recently. One thing I will claim is that my stories are original that you will not reading on other blogs. That's the way I like it. For some of my collogues the school year has ended and I wish them well, but for me, I still have two and a half weeks to go. It has been an interesting year as we move past COVID and the nightmare that brought us. Alice Cooper is a person I have seen perform during his annual Christmas Pudding in Phoenix, AZ. He never gets old. So I wish to raise a glass and salute him as well we should.
My stories are as follows. Please read and enjoy. It makes my heart sing...
- "Doppelganger" accepted by Reedsy in May. Alex Weedly has just discovered he has a mysterious doppelganger he sees in the crowded streets of lower East Manhattan. He feels as though he is being followed by this creepy look-alike until one day his twin kidnaps him as Alex is on his way to work in the South Tower on September 11, 2001.
- "The Ravine" accepted by Reedsy in May. Buck Sentis is running away from what he thinks is Hell-- The Milton Barkley Ten Step Program. He is picked up by an old man driving an ancient pick up named Orville McKenzie. Dutifully, Orville takes his escapee to the ravine where he intends to throw the young man. Buck grabs the weeds, but Orville begins to cut the weeds with his knife since this ravine is the entrance to Hell itself. Knocking the old man off balance, Buck is able to foil the old man's plot and return to his recovery program.
- "Talking out of School" accepted by Reedsy in May. Nolan Darman is doing a long stint as a substitute teacher for a teacher on maternity leave. There is something strange about him which is immediately noticed by Sonny Paunchette. Over the three months that Mr. Darman is teaching, he reveals himself as a empathic and understand man who is missing a leg from the war in Afghanistan.
- What Dreams May Come" accepted by Reedsy in May. Mr. Asbury is searching for a former student who has left a revealing personal journal while she was a student in his writing class. He is determined to find Angela Thatcher and return her journal entitled "What Dreams May Come" a line from Hamlet's famous soliloquy .
- Chapter 13 The Woman Who Made Tin Faces Solomon de Grasse walks into the North Sea never to return, leaving Mindy a widow with Emile her young son. Solomon's parents draw up legal documents to take custody of Emile since they have the financial means to make sure the boy receives a proper education adding to Mindy's heartbreak.
