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“The Queen’s Cure” by Joseph Devon

  By Joseph Devon • September 20, 2016 Joseph Devon, Stories

In the fall of 1689, the queen became gravely ill. The king immediately summoned the wisest men and women from all corners of the land to try to make her well again. They examined the queen and began to converse. Their conversing soon led to arguing. Galiven from the cold … Continue reading

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“A Meeting in the Bends” by Joseph Devon

  By Joseph Devon • September 7, 2016 Joseph Devon, Stories

Fingers working over the lock for the Fiddich House. A simple mechanism. A bolt and some gears. Broken down and rebuilt in no time. Last item of the day. They’ll pick it up tomorrow. Time to clean up shop, close my doors, spend another night locked away from the garbage … Continue reading

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“Shallow Monsters” by Joseph Devon

  By Joseph Devon • August 16, 2016 Joseph Devon, Stories

My father owned his own boat when the first girl was found. I was nine then, so I didn’t go out on the thing except to putter over to the gas station by the oyster bar and wave to him as he left for blues some Saturdays. I can only … Continue reading

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“Withdrawal” by Joseph Devon

  By Joseph Devon • July 12, 2016 Joseph Devon, Stories

The world before was a different place. It’s not just the cities and town and roads, it’s not the lack of technology. Those things were effects. The cause was something deeper, something fundamental to who we were as people. Something was lost and then we lost ourselves. Everything slowed to … Continue reading

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“Transactional Costs” by Joseph Devon

  By Joseph Devon • June 7, 2016 Joseph Devon, Stories

Roger Coleman was thrown into the cell. His hands were bound behind him and he had a sack over his head. He stumbled as he was shoved forward and took a nasty spill onto the floor. The bag was ripped off of his head and he struggled to scream out … Continue reading

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“First Lessons” by Joseph Devon

  By Joseph Devon • May 3, 2016 Joseph Devon, Stories

“Come on,” her husband said, giving her a quick kiss. “Pick up that gun and toss me some ammo. It’s up to us to save the president now!” Reis bent over and picked up the assault rifle from the dead terrorists’s hands, fumbling with it as she tried to reload. Her … Continue reading

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“Procedure” by Joseph Devon

  By Joseph Devon • March 29, 2016 Joseph Devon, Stories

Gary Tildton sat in the waiting room. There was the light sound of soft music, a purely instrumental remake of a pop hit from decades ago. There was no one else waiting with him and he looked around at the drab gray rug and the plastic chairs up against each … Continue reading

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“Devil’s Reign” by Joseph Devon

  By Joseph Devon • February 23, 2016 Joseph Devon, Stories

Sitting on his throne one day, clawed fingers softly thrumming, The great dark lord peered out upon his minions’ constant humming, With teeth like fangs and eyes like fire and deep voice ever-booming, He glared out at his endless realm and fire all-consuming. His throne was made of skulls and … Continue reading

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“Christmas Haul” by Joseph Devon

  By Joseph Devon • January 19, 2016 Joseph Devon, Stories

The bright red train rumbled along through the candy forest. The trees ripe with sugared treats chugged slowly by as the cars climbed the steep grade of the last hill before the valley. There were bluebirds singing in all the trees, a mass of chirping that organized into a chipper chorus of a … Continue reading

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Reading with the Arena: A Good Man is Hard to Find

  By Joseph Devon • December 3, 2015 Joseph Devon, Reading with the Arena

“A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” by Flannery O’Connor, is a difficult story to talk about. On the one hand it is full of everything that good literature students love to chew on. There’s small-town America, class boundaries, racism, facades, and an underlying question of just what it means to … Continue reading

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