Kendall Defoe
Bio
Teacher, reader, writer, dreamer... I am a college instructor who cannot stop letting his thoughts end up on the page.
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Stories (498/0)
Cookie
It was his favourite part of Friday afternoon. In the station, he could sit in peace and wait for the train that would take him away from his idiot boss, annoying coworkers, and the other problems he had with commuting into the city to earn a living. He could make it to the Wednesday – the beloved Hump Day – without wanting to punch out anyone in his office (paperwork kept him at his desk, but they knew where it was, or where he would sneak off to when he thought that they did not need him around to be annoyed with extra work). But through that Thursday…
By Kendall Defoe 6 months ago in Fiction
Touching a Star
Okay, I am definitely not cool. Sometimes, you will have old thoughts and ideas in your mind, and you can call them up when you are trying to find another piece to add to the Vocal community. I have been working on two separate pieces and am near completion on both of them, but I also made a list of people which I cannot ignore. One thing about travelling and having an interest in art and culture is that you want to know who did what and how they did what. And if you get the chance, you want the chance to talk to them.
By Kendall Defoe 6 months ago in Journal
In Red
What lies on the road? Shadow, light, a shape... Is that...? The siren wails... Okay, I have been away for a while, but I like this prompt. It is a good way for me to get back to things. I have been working on a few pieces for challenges and my head has been in a very different space this week. I hope you like my Friday the 13th contribution...!
By Kendall Defoe 6 months ago in Poets
- Top Story - October 2023
Do You Really Want to Read That?Top Story - October 2023
I seem to have missed something very important. You have noticed that my other pieces this week have been stories about the shenanigans – a wonderful word, I think – in both Canada and the United States with the Speakers of our respective Houses (ours was chosen after a quick vote; the one down south does not really exist yet, and may not exist for quite some time). I commented to a reader of my piece on how the Republican Party seems to be akin to a pack of dogs that are just on the edge of becoming feral. This is fair. My other work involved poetry, a short story, but also, I decided to repost two particular pieces about this week’s other big news: the Nobel Prizes. Physics, Chemistry and Medicine have been covered so far, and this article will be published after the prize for Literature is handed out on Thursday…unless there is another delay as there was in the year that Bob Dylan became a laureate. Anything is possible (Jon Fosse anyone?)
By Kendall Defoe 6 months ago in BookClub
Week VII: Midterm Muses
Note: I have been distracted with the exams and other work I have had to give this past week, so, this is kind of a cheat. It is series of haikus based on the excuses given by a set of students who missed part of their exams (and no, they were not allowed in).
By Kendall Defoe 6 months ago in Poets
Medical Report: J. & J.
Note: This story is part of the Vocal + Assist on Facebook Lost in a Story Challenge You see a lot of horrible things on the night shift – stabbings, burn victims, all those ‘accidents’ with vegetables – but even for me this was a new one.
By Kendall Defoe 6 months ago in Fiction