Although the family feared trouble and planned a special burial, anarchists got the body of George Pullman before the earth did.
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A piece for the working man.
Tag: American History
Historical Haikus in Cuento Magazine
Cuento Magazine was kind enough to publish a couple of my historical haikus to Twitter.
“Grave of Thomas Faucet”
Thomas Faucet allegedly shot General Edward Braddock and lived to be 109 years old.
“The High Bridge”
The Youghiogheny River twists beneath the High Bridge just a short distance from Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania.
“Dartball and Ghosts”
Can you have one without the other?
After a few beers, a jovial conversation focused mostly on dartball turned bizarre.
“I fought in the Battle of Trois-Rivières.”
“Pass Me the Cooking Pot”
“I sure am getting hungry.”
The wagon train raced through the pass, hoping to beat the snows.
“Montcalm”
Shot while rallying his troops during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, Montcalm is dead.
Battered and shelled church
Back to the Beginning: “The Fountain”
“The Fountain” originally appeared with Twisted Sister Lit Mag in February of 2017. This post consists of a slightly updated and reworked version of the original.
The storm had sunk the Consuelo and the Santa Sara, leaving Francisco Herrera and Rodrigo Ibanez as the only sailors able to reach a nearby island. Anacaona, a female savage enslaved on an earlier voyage and trained to translate for the Spanish, washed up on the beach a short while later. The three survivors, greatly fatigued from their struggle in the sea, rested for a day on the sand.
“The Vampire Hunter’s Apprentice III”
“Our next quarry has a knack for shapeshifting.”
Back to School Special: “Snowslide”
She had somehow landed on the ceiling.
The Pullman was upside down.
Drawing inspiration from the Wellington avalanche of 1910, I wrote “Snowslide” in February of 2017. This piece originally appeared with Fictional Pairings in March of that year and was paired with “039” by iazabo.
A Visit to the Idea Factory 