Category: Fiction
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Yeggs Over Easy
The following is an alternate version of “Chapter 12.” I submitted the original version to a literary magazine many years ago & it was rejected for being too oddball. The editor wrote me, saying he’d publish me if I took the germ of the idea — rug shampooer in a private eye story — & wrote […] Continue reading
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Chapter 12
I wrote this short story many years ago in literally 10 minutes, about as long as it took to type. I was doing a magazine layout project and was supposed to fill it with “lorem ipsum”-type copy. Instead I wrote this. Then, without warning, she sautéed her way into my office and said: “Got the time, stranger?” […] Continue reading
About Me
An English diarist and naval administrator. I served as administrator of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament. I had no maritime experience, but I rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II through patronage, diligence, and my talent for administration.