A character in a gritty, true to life novel reminded me of mine.

Published in a small literary journal years ago. For those interested in a gritty, true to life character, here’s . . . Joe Bugle by Ward Jones  I’m a professional killer. Not the kind who kills stray dogs that crap on your lawn or ants that crawl in your kitchen. I’m the real thing. You’re wonderin’ how I sleep at night? My wife, who complains about my...

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Labor Day, a day to remember how hard work is. But is it?

Not all the time of course, unless you’re working in a coal mine in West Virginia,  a grill top in a greasy spoon, your shift the noon to eleven, at which time you wash dishes. No, for most people work its part labor, part fun. Depends who you are, talent wise, in apportioning the two. Tiger Woods, before the crash of his car and marriage, had almost all fun...

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