View from a Stationary Perch

View from a Stationary Perch
Emeritus Professor of English at SUNY-Buffalo
Howard R. Wolf is Emeritus Professor of English and Senior Fellow at SUNY-Buffalo and the author of three memoirs, a novel (Broadway Serenade), personal essays, and many short stories.A Fulbright Scholar in Turkey and South Africa,he is now putting together a collection ofstories, EXILES BY STARLIGHT, and a play, HOME AT THE END OF THEDAY. Mr. Wolf is a graduate of Horace Mann School, Amherst College(BA), Columbia (MA), and The University of Michigan (PH.D) where he won a Hopwood for fiction. Howard lives in Amherst, New York where he writes and cultivates a small garden.
Howard R. Wolf
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A writer’s recollection of significant moments and sites often plays a major role in the creative process. I received a letter recently from a writer-friend who lives in … Read more

Farrago Funnies: Fay King, Prize-Fighting Cartoonist

Farrago Funnies: Fay King, Prize-Fighting Cartoonist
R. C. Harvey, pictured here with his signature rabbit (Harvey the rabbit), is a onetime cartoonist and all-time comics chronicler, critic, and all-around cheerleader for the art of cartooning. Cartooning is the visual-verbal art form, the pictorial blending of word and image, verbiage and pictures, which, together, conjure meanings neither one achieves alone without the other. R.C. goes on at great length in his online magazine of news and reviews, history and lore, Rants & Raves, at RCHarvey.com.
R.C. Harvey

Fay King: The greatest woman cartoonist, caricaturist and ‘kidder’ in the world — and where did she disappear to? IF FAY KING HADN’T MARRIED A PRIZE FIGHTER named … Read more

Truth Be Told

Truth Be Told
Stephen Barone lives in Milwaukie, OR. When he isn't writing, he works as a special education teacher. His work has been featured in The Hunger Journal, Wilderness House Literary Review, the Commonline Journal and others.
Stephen Barone
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You hear all kinds of things in a bar at night, but the truth is relative when you’re drunk. Danny’s eyes widened with glee, as he held the … Read more

This Isn’t a Haunted House… It’s a Haunted Home!

This Isn’t a Haunted House… It’s a Haunted Home!
William Vaillancourt's humor writing has appeared in Robot Butt, The Weekly Humorist & How Pants Work, among other places. Coincidentally, it has not appeared in other places as well.
William Vaillancourt

A haunted house is one thing, but a haunted home can be much worse. Scarecrows lined our way through the field until we reached a maze of headstones, … Read more

The Mistake, aka The Drake

The Mistake, aka The Drake
Dennis Rohatyn is a recovering philosopher who hibernates in Southern California. He writes about the inhuman condition, as he peers out from inside his lonely cave.
Dennis Rohatyn
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The Drake is for sale – the iconic hotel, on the iconic Miracle Mile, is as iconic as deep dish pizza! So the Drake Hotel is up for … Read more

The Jerry Duncan Show Interviews Former President Richard Nixon

The Jerry Duncan Show Interviews Former President Richard Nixon
Dean B. Kaner is a playwright and screenwriter, having co-produced and co-written plays for the stage with performances in New York City, Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Boston, Detroit, Phoenix and Memphis. Check out The Jerry Duncan Show on YouTube, as well as on Instagram, and the sketch comedy A Bit of Biden (on Instagram) and at @abitofbiden on TikTok.
Dean Kaner

Wherein our intrepid talk radio show host interviews former U.S. President Richard Nixon via heavenly hologram. ANNOUNCER Live from under a rock in your backyard, it’s The Jerry … Read more

The Dancer’s Parchment

The Dancer’s Parchment
Andrea Bock is a piano teacher and a former hospice caregiver who lives in a lovely suburb in Ohio. She has a passion for cats, plants and stargazing.
Andrea Bock
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A story of friendship and a dancer overcoming his timidity. Harold Harvey A’Dying was feeling shy. It was midnight at the club and his turn to do the … Read more

‘Salmonella 101’ – It’s Funny NOW!

‘Salmonella 101’ – It’s Funny NOW!
Marilyn Sands is a former 80's Stand-Up Comic & Comic Booker. Sold Jokes to Joan Rivers & lesser lights. Was up one night & wrote 2 Madcap Screenplays & a Stage Play. Her hilarious book "CAN YOU PEE OUTDOORS" On-Line Dating Straight Lines is on amazon.com/dp/1733487409And, "OWNING THE STAGE, RENTING THE BALLS"!My Life as a Funny Girlis on amazon.com/dp/1733487417"Living proofyou don't have to be a success to write a Memoir"!And yes, this bio is my OBIT too!haha
Marilyn Sands

Don’t get me wrong; I do celebrate Thanksgiving – but there’s a lot more praying! ‘THANKSGIVING’ means different things to different people!  For some it’s Norman Rockwell-esque – … Read more

Muscle Beach Memoirs

Muscle Beach Memoirs
Stephen Barone lives in Milwaukie, OR. When he isn't writing, he works as a special education teacher. His work has been featured in The Hunger Journal, Wilderness House Literary Review, the Commonline Journal and others.
Stephen Barone
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Memoirs of bullies and summer pools in the days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. We knew we were dealing with a different kind of animal when he caused … Read more

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