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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From Manhattan (unpublished) by Joe B. Vaughn Jr.

From The Virtual Life of Fizzy Oceans (unpublished) by David A. Ross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 American Blow Job by Teri Louise Kelly, published by Open Books

From Night Train by Donald O'Donovan, published by Open Books

From A Winter Garden: "Announcing the End of the World" by David A. Ross



















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






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

"A LETTER FROM ROCROI" and "ADRIFT IN SPACE" by Santiago del Dardano Turann

Three Poems by Mitchell Waldman: "Streets", "A Great Big Texas Welcome", "Journey"

"The Loyal Opposition" Environmental Prose & Poetry (Excerpt from the newly-published book) by Keith Ainsworth

"New Sandals" by David A. Ross



















Articles 2009

"Once Upon A Time... A Slice of Corporate America Dined at Club 30" by Susie Duncan Sexton

"Sex & Art: Alive and Well in the U.S.A." by Lakota Phillips

"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

"A Murder of CrowsGroup Names for Birds" by Terry Ross


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

"Not To Scale: The personal price of a custody & child support verdict" by Noah Kaplowitz

"Transitions: On the Road Again toward Nonconformity" by Susie Duncan Sexton

"LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD TRAVELED: A RETROSPECTIVE OF TWENTY-NINE YEARS"
A lifelong passion for Titanic: The Story of a Legend by W. E. Brower Jr.

Interview: Moronic Ox talks with Donald O'Donovan, author of the newly-published novel Night Train

POETIC JUSTICE DE MER by Teri Louise Kelly

Equality Prayer by Jenny Toune

The Old Chevy by Keith Ainsworth










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

The Collages of artist Brigitte Martin

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.

"To Tell The Truth" Will The Real Kelly Huddleston Please Stand Up!




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