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March 4, 2020  |  By . In Online Content, Poetry

Poetry: Pheromones Were In the Air

Pheromones Were In the Air by Milton Ehrlich He saw her elegant face on a Satsuma vase, but discovered a loneliness gnawing her gut. She, sad as a weeping widow in explosive licorice— he, trying to cheer her up with his Charlie Chaplin song and dance routine. He often thought of Confucius’ advice: It does […]

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faux pas
March 3, 2020  |  By . In Fiction, Flash Fiction, Online Content

Fiction: faUx paS

There was banter at the dinner table. People laughed at somebody’s jest. These boisterous gestures of joy distracted me. There were at least twenty people seated here, and the clamour of cutlery and talks rose to high-pitched peals. Then the butler entered with a tray in his beefy hands. On the tray, I saw many […]

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March 2, 2020  |  By . In Fiction, Novellas, Online Content

Novella: Angels Falling – Chapters 1&2

1 Thomas was hungry. He had been hungry before, but this was different. During community college he dizzied himself with a restricted diet of instant noodles and peanut butter that did nothing but prevent the walls of his stomach from eating each other. College hunger was a rite of passage, and even a source of […]

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wakeupcall
February 26, 2020  |  By . In Online Content, Poetry

Poetry: A Wake-Up Call

A Wake-Up Call by Milton Ehrlich I woke up this morning with the sight and scent of bouquets of red roses assembled on my chest. My sleeping wife was gone. An indentation of her body, was all that remained in bed. I searched all the rooms in our house without ever opening a door— and […]

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