‘Hey Mr. Wilson! Show Me Your Wurlitzer!’ – The Ghost of Joseph Kearns
Actor Joseph Kearns (1907-1962) will always be remembered as the easily ruffled Mr. Wilson on the classic television series Dennis
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Literature
Anti-Catholic Chronicles Section B
What began as a dispute about divorce between England’s King Henry VIII and Pope Clement VII mushroomed into a civil war and a long-lasting hatred of Catholics by English Protestants.
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Spiderweb Alley
Elverie, noun. obscure. Fairyland, Elfland, the Otherworld of myth and folktale. Often conflated with the Land of the Dead. Dialect
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The Anti-Catholic Chronicles: Chapter I Section A Introduction
It is fitting that a Baltimore newspaper should publish a monograph about anti-Catholicism in America. Maryland was a colony founded for Catholics, and Lord Baltimore, after whom the city was named, was Catholic. Maryland is also the home of the oldest Catholic Church in the original 13 colonies—St. Francis Xavier was founded in 1731 in Compton.
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‘Except for a few details…’ The Elevator Trilogy (Short-Short Stories To Clear Your Head)
I’m busy working on a new book and still looking for an agent to rep other books I’ve written for upper elementary and middle school readers.
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‘Except for a few details…’ – Imaginary Mary (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head. This one’s PG-13 rated.)
Hey. The next time you feel the need to throw cold water on your brain, read one of these short-short
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‘Except for a few details…’ – Interview With An Alien (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)
Hey. The next time you feel the need to throw cold water on your brain, read one of these short-short
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‘Except for a few details…’ – The Proposal (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)
This fifty-fifth installment is called “The Proposal.” It’s a short-short story about two people, a businessman and a waitress, very attracted to each other, but who don’t even know each other’s names.
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