Roy Stevens
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Just one bad apple can spoil a beautiful basket. The toxins seep throughout and...
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Why They Fought
When he was seventy and I was thirty-one my dad finally told me about meeting the King. It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that he’d met Elvis; he encountered many celebrities in the latter stage of his first career, but that’s not the king I’m talking about. Way in the way back; even before Charles III’s mum Elizabeth II, her father George VI was King of Britain, Northern Ireland and all of the dominions. That’s the King to whom my dad was referring.
By Roy Stevens9 months ago in Families
- Top Story - June 2023
One Weird DayTop Story - June 2023
*** Please bear with the endless-seeming exposition. It’s needed in order to set the stage*** I graduated from Grade 13. Where I come from you can’t do that anymore. In any case, getting up, eating breakfast and then heading off to a very old school building full of eighteen-year-olds from all parts of a city of about half a million people was, even back then, a weird way to start a day. But it was kinda cool too!
By Roy Stevens9 months ago in Confessions
No Mow May
Mike Singleton wrote a piece on the subject of "No Mow May' about two weeks earlier than this was published. I wasn't aware of Mike's piece or I certainly would have chosen an at least slightly different name; sorry about that Mike. Here's a link to Mr. Singleton's work, just in case you haven't seen it already: https://vocal.media/earth/no-mow-may
By Roy Stevens10 months ago in Fiction
He Finally Understood
****Warning, This Story Deals with Traumatic Personal Loss**** First, they saw its shining eyes in the headlights. She slowed to a stop and pushed the 'Hazard" button. He got out; walked forward through the rainy mist. It was still alive, a possum badly injured. "We'll call for help, " he told her as she came close and sighed.
By Roy Stevens10 months ago in Fiction
The New Olympians
And lo, through the veiled haze the people finally remembered the old ways of worship. Apollo awoke first before rousing Hera then Zeus. When mighty Zeus saw how humans had defiled his Earth, he angrily swept away the foulness, telling his people to befoul no longer.
By Roy Stevens10 months ago in Fiction
- Top Story - May 2023