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Poems from Mather Schneider

POEM ON MY 35th BIRTHDAY When I was a kid we lived in the coun­try and I would take long walks on sum­mer nights to a small pond by an old, unused barn. I would take all my clothes off and jump into … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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The Crystal Ball, fiction by A.M. Amodeo

Joe and Pearl sat on either side of the kitchen table, a crys­tal ball between them. “Can you get that thing to work?” Joe said, point­ing his chin at the crys­tal, which rest­ed on a small pile of black vel­vet … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Fleshy Things, fiction by Stefanie Freele

In his hand, the Sono­ran Moun­tain Kingsnake. Around his neck, green stripes of the Rosy Boa. “You want to touch him don’t you?” “Nev­er have.” She says, abrupt­ly real­iz­ing how inex­pe­ri­enced this sounds. “Cold-blood­­ed.” Tak­ing her hand, he holds her palm … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Wow, Was It Something I Said?

Traf­fic to FCAC has slowed to a crawl, and I have no expla­na­tion. Nor­mal­ly I don't even pay atten­tion to such things, as I fig­ure what I have to say will get to the ears that need to hear, but … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Today in Appalachia and Around The Bend

Some­one, I hope to hell, is vot­ing against frack­ing in NY and PA. I'm try­ing some­thing dif­fer­ent on the blog today, an aggre­gate of Appalachian/rural inter­est links. I hope at least some of them are edi­fy­ing. I hope too that … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Straight from Newsweek's Gullet to Your Ears

Or eyes…  But I real­ly need to know now: is Penn­syl­va­nia like West Vir­ginia or Alaba­ma or Ken­tucky? It will make such a dif­fer­ence in my life, I can't tell you. Pffffttttt. But here's the quo­ta­tion, from… no one, I … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Redneck Poems is Released

Sor­ry for the spam; I won't do it often, but here's the news: my free e‑book/chapbook is avail­able now. It's called Red­neck Poems and it's part of the MiPOe­sias Chap­book Series. It's avail­able for free via Scribd and Issuu and … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Slow News Days

Not real­ly. I've had wel­come vis­i­tors for a week now and I have a new issue of Night Train due out soon. I fig­ure we'll be back to reg­u­lar post­ing in about a week. In the mean­time, theres' this: Activists … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Best of the Web Nominations

Here they are– Give Up and Go Home, Jasper–Charles Dodd White http://​www​.fried​chick​e​nand​cof​fee​.com/​2​0​1​0​/​0​7​/​0​9​/​g​i​v​e​—​u​p​—​a​n​d​—​g​o​—​h​o​m​e​—​j​a​s​p​e​r​—​f​i​c​t​i​o​n​—​b​y​—​c​h​a​r​l​e​s​—​d​o​d​d​—​w​h​i​te/ Jeff Crook–The End of the War http://​www​.fried​chick​e​nand​cof​fee​.com/​2​0​1​0​/​0​5​/​1​0​/​b​a​r​r​y​—​h​a​n​n​a​h​—​c​o​m​p​e​t​i​t​i​o​n​—​1​s​t​—​p​l​a​c​e​—​j​e​f​f​—​c​r​o​ok/ John Mcmanus–Blood Broth­ers http://​www​.fried​chick​e​nand​cof​fee​.com/​2​0​1​0​/​0​3​/​2​9​/​b​l​o​o​d​—​b​r​o​t​h​e​r​s​—​b​y​—​j​o​h​n​—​m​c​m​a​nus/

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PA Homeland Security gave names of anti-drill activists to drilling company

Anti-frack, watch your back, somebody's watch­ing you… Penn­syl­va­nia Home­land Secu­ri­ty has been spy­ing on anti-drilling activists, tak­ing down names of atten­dees at meet­ings and even a screen­ing of a doc­u­men­tary on drilling; these dossiers on peace­ful pro­test­ers are then sup­plied to … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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