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Moronic Ox Archives
Novel Excerpts, Short Stories, Poetry, Multimedia, Current Affairs, Book Reviews, Photo Essays, Visual Arts Submissions
Novel Excerpts 2009
From Alone In The Company Of Others (Open Books Amazon Kindle Edition) by Kelly Huddleston
From XXX-RATED X RAYS: Sex, Scars & a Superheroine with Scoliosis by Kremena (Published by and reprinted with permission from Smink Works Books)
From Manhattan (unpublished) by Joe B. Vaughn Jr.
From The Virtual Life of Fizzy Oceans (unpublished) by David A. Ross
From A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Originally published by Chapman and Hall, 1843, Open Books Electronic Edition 2007
Novel Excerpts 2010
From the novella The Mystery of Taiwo da Silva by Omoruyi Uwuigiaren, originally published by BLACK BOOKS NIGERIA, a division of Human Change Communications Company
From Noah's Wife by T. K. Thorne, Published by Chalet Publishers, LTD
From The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, originally published in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon by C. S. Van Winkle, 1819, Open Books Electronic Edition 2007
From A Winter Garden: "Announcing the End of the World" by David A. Ross
Novel Excerpts 2011
Short stories 2009
"Batteries" by David A. Ross, previously published in Sacrifice and the Sweet Life (Open Books Amazon Kindle Edition)
"Bitch In This Candy Box" by Teri Louise Kelly
"Ashes, Ashes" by Linda Sands
Short stories 2010
"k" by John-Patrick Ayson
"A Little Red" & "Hello Young Lovers" by Helen Peterson
"In Search of the perfect former Communist Beach Town" by David A. Ross
"Zombie Armada" by Andrew Barber
"Remembering The Feeling" by Roger Dean Kiser
Ode To A Seaman William Brower
"Priapism" by Amitava Nag
"Driving Toward A Broken Heart" Linda Sands
"Lady Boss" Jeni Booker Senter
"Grumps" Andrea Hinds
"Penny Candy" by Rebecca Fiske
"Torneo de Gallos" David A. Ross
Short Stories 2011
"Lucky Penny" Chantal Boudreau
"Getting By As A Decoy" Shane Jesse Christmass
"Don Quixote de Las Vegas" M. Cid d'Angelo
"NL Centrum" David A. Ross
Short Stories 2012
"On Edge" Carole S. Mora
Poetry 2009
"The Courage of Intimacy" by Keith Ainsworth
"The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Coming of the Ship" by Kahlil Gibran, excerpt from The Prophet (with artistic plates by the author)
"the night before my execution" by Teri Louise Kelly
"The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred Lord Tennyson
"State of The Union" by Susie Duncan Sexton
"Ms. Betty" by Noah Kaplowitz
"Afternoon Adagio" by Santiago del Dardano Turann
"A Cafe on Taraval" by Santiago del Dardano Turann
Poetry 2010
"the time i met yeats in Kensington" by Teri Louise Kelly
"less and less distinctly" by bl pawelek
"the build" by bl pawelek
"FUNAKOSHI AND THE TENGU" by Santiago del Dardano Turann
"headlines" by Andy Sell
"The Loyal Opposition" Environmental Prose & Poetry (Excerpt from the newly-published book) by Keith Ainsworth
"New Sandals" by David A. Ross
"legend has it" Susmita Chatterjee Paul
"The Tower" & "Chasing Daydreams" by Santiago del Dardano Turann
"The Lost Parade" Andrew Barber
"Questions from the Deceived" Glen Still
"Troubled People" Debrenee D. Adkisson
The Poetry of Donal Mahoney "Charming Bill", "Married Man Shy", "Genocide of Pins", "Jimmy the Blind Man Says He's in Love", "Halloween: Flashlight in the Gangway", "Fresh, Tinned or Frozen", "Tornadoes in the Parlor"
"A Portrait of Life" "Prophecy" Lisa Zaran
Poetry 2011
"A Youth on Van Ness" Santiago del Dardano Turann
The Visual Poetry of Leila Fortier "Abstract Emotion" & "Delivered" Arabic translation by Imen Bennani; German translation by Sabine Pascarelli
The Poetry of Alun Williams "People in plastic", "Breakfast With Marilyn" & "I DON'T SLEEP ANYMORE"
Three Ekphrastic Poems about WW1 in Flanders Fields by Belgian painter & poet Jan Theuninck: "Yperite", "Hill 60" & "Passiondale"
Articles 2009
"Keep ‘em Scared & Keep ‘em Stupid: An American liberal doesn’t want to let free-dumb ring…" by Vincent Yanez
"Capital for the Twenty-first Century" by David A. Ross
"Character Assassination by Characters - The Red Hat Lawsuit" by Lakota Phillips
Articles 2010
"Twilight" by David A. Ross
"Advice on the Choice of a Mistress" by Benjamin Franklin
"Pondering How Much My Novel Is Worth" by Kelly Huddleston
"Transitions: On the Road Again toward Nonconformity" by Susie Duncan Sexton
A lifelong passion for Titanic: The Story of a Legend by W. E. Brower Jr.
POETIC JUSTICE DE MER by Teri Louise Kelly
Equality Prayer by Jenny Toune
The Old Chevy by Keith Ainsworth
Something Old and Something New by David A. Ross
CARRIED AWAY IN CORFU: An American Writer Living Abroad Attends Premiere of "Sex and the City 2" by Kelly Huddleston
Stalking Academia by Alan Ramón Clinton
Listen to the World Cry by L.A. Steel
"The Big Bang of Lunatic Slaves" Michael Howarth
"Simon Rodia - Architect of Dreams" Donald O'Donovan
Beginning to think in a totally new way... THE VIRTUAL LIFE OF FIZZY OCEANS and the VENUS PROJECT David A. Ross
LITTLE HOUSE ON…the Back Lot! Susie Duncan Sexton
Fuckashima L.A. Steel
The Novel As Graffiti Donald O'Donovan
Facing Up To A Missing Link…And My Resultant Veganism Susie Duncan Sexton
THANKFUL … TO THINK OUTSIDE THE HOLIDAY BOX! Susie Duncan Sexton
Multimedia 2009
Spoken Word Poetry Competition Poets: B. Yung; Brittany Bellinger; Aileen Velazquez (AKA Jade Star)
Office Girl (Humor) by Lindsay Metter
The Tell Tale Heart adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's famous short story by Director and Animator Aaron Quinn
Interview with Wendell Potter, former VP of Cigna Insurance Health Care About the Practices of the Industry to Undermine Care for Millions PBS interview: Bill Moyers Journal with Bill Moyers
What is the Super Late Show? Who is talk show host Graig Dufferson? And why should we care? Series pilots by Aaron Quinn
Inside USA: Jesse Ventura An Interview with Jesse Ventura who went from wrestler to former governer of Minnesota.
A Christmas Message in Song "White Wine in the Sun" Tim Minchin
THE SUNSHINE MAKERS A short film by Aaron Quinn
Multimedia 2010
"Finding Balance" Dimitris Kyriakis
plumtv: Grace Slick An Interview with legendary rock singer & visual artist who frontlined for Jefferson Airplane & Jefferson Starship.
Huffington Post Publisher Arianna Huffington suggests that you simply Move Your Money to smaller, local banking institutions.
Audacious Animated Interview with author Teri Louise Kelly on The Super Late Show with Graig Dufferson
The Picture of Dorian Gray novel by Oscar Wilde, audio text by Aaron Quinn , adapted from Wilde's published version, Read by Basil Soper
So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut's Last Word In August 2006, Kurt Vonnegut was interviewed on public radio from inside the 3-D virtual on-line community Second Life. The broadcast, produced by Lichtenstein Creative Media for "The Infinite Mind" public radio series, was the first to be taped inside a virtual world, and it was the author's last sit-down interview.
Toto, I don' think we're in Kansas anymore... Or are we? "Kansas Country" Photo Essay by Don Wright
Reviews
Songs of Blue and Gold (Random House) by Deborah Lawrenson Reviewed by Kelly Huddleston
Coming Together (Chalet publishers, LLC 2009) by Joyce Norman & Joy Collins Reviewed by Kelly Huddleston
Good Morning Corfu (Open Books) by David A. Ross Reviewed by Kelly Huddleston
Calico Pennants (Open Books) by David A. Ross, Reviewed by Joyce Norman
Girls Like Me by Teri Louise Kelly (Wakefield Press, 2009);(Open Books, 2010) reviewed by Deb Matthews-Zott Originally published by Transnational Literature Volume 2 No 2 May 2010.
Dinner With Percephone by Patricia Storace Review by Christopher Holmes
Alone in the Comapny of Others by Kelly Huddleston (Open Books 2009) Review by Donald O'Donovan
Calico Pennants by David A Ross (with author interview!) Reviewed by Candy Beauchamp
The Virtual Life of Fizzy Oceans by David A. Ross (Open Books 2011) Review by Donald O'Donovan
Articles 2011
Poetry 2012
