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A. Hicks Hope Creativity, Expression, & Entertainment Sought
July 14, 2010 ISSUE: AHH-10-5 |
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CHAPTER 1 The Technique of Wit - Sigmund Freud had other ambitions. Ambitions unfulfilled always cause trouble and show up in the most unexpected places. (Rated: PG) (Posted: 2/15/08) Too Many Cooks - A Molecular Biology Chef gets the drop on organized crime. (Rated: PG) (Posted: 3/1/08) Jack & the Beans of Immorality - A very grim Faerie Tale. (Rated: PG-13) (Posted: 3/15/08) Martin and the Water - Martin was a pool guy that had both professional and personal difficulties with water. (Rated: PG-13) (Posted: 3/15/08) A Real Asshole - A composite portrait of a modern Venture Capitalist. There is something here to offend everyone. The unfortunate thing is, except for the story's conclusion, everything else is real. (Rated: R) - (Posted: 3/15/08)
Job Security - Two medical students try to dig their way out of a self-made problem and things get just too personal for one of them. (Rated: PG-13) - (Posted: 4/1/08)
Wedding Bell Blues - a whimsical tale about the adventures of planning a wedding and … all of the annoyances that go along with it. She tells the story through her own eyes and personal experience. She has been married 23 years and intends to never get married again. You'll see a few reasons why. (Rated: PG-13) - (Posted: 4/15/08)
Time Limit - I know. Not another Time Travel story? Ugh! But not quite a traditional one. In this story, Mr. Ronson, would-be time tourist, finds out just how important he is to the Universe. (Rated: PG-13) - (Posted: 4/15/08)
Time Limited: Continuum II - I know. Time Travel stories are annoying because you always end up reading them multiple times. Ugh! But version II here was written because a journal editor said the first one didn't have an ending. I thought it did but it must have been too subtle I guess. Anyway I re-wrote the ending to make it more obvious. Of course, I sent it back to the editor and he said No! Whatever. In this story, Mr. Ronson, would-be time tourist, finds out just how important he is to the Universe and he was a dumb as everyone said he was. (Rated: PG-13) - (Posted: 5/1/08)
CHAPTER 2
We Are Lonely Stones - Nick Patterson was new in the small desert town. He was the new cop in this small desert town. So many reasons for him to be suspected, to be disliked, he had no local history but he was the town cop. He had to catch the stranger that robbed the town bank. It was his job, it was his life and what else did he have to do? (Rated PG-13) - (Posted: 6/1/08)
Love Me, As Well By Michael Weems. Dan finally realized Love is a game you play with yourself. He was just lucky that Annie wanted to play along with him. (Rated PG-13) - (Posted: 6/15/08)
Tales of Enlightenment: The Pinocchio Effect - In the search for human fulfillment all possibilities are open and all results available. Many times the results cause trouble. A lot of trouble. (Rated R for mature language) - (Posted: 7/1/08)
Oscar's Friend - Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. says H. L. Mencken. Here is a story about an Artist and his confusion on love and friendship. This story was first written in 1992. It has been evolving since then. The ending has changed as the writer learns more about the world.(Rated R for mature language) (Posted: 7/1/08)
ClownWorld - This is the first chapter of a Sci Fi novel called Clown's of the Galaxy. 40,000 years in the future Earth has been abandon by the human race, but it is slowly being repopulated by time-displaced humans from Earth's past. And all they have to offer this future world is entertainment. (Rated R for mature language) (Posted: 8/1/08)
A Knight's Romance - The problem with love? It is a very personal thing by definition. No one really knows how another persons feels. Matching emotions is the challenge for all Lovers. Proper timing is always difficult. (Rated PG-13 for mature language) (Posted: 8/15/08)
The Paraffin Incident: by Laura Sweet - What can a woman do on a Friday night when she is alone? Pamper herself is a good idea, but the best laid plans almost always go a stray. It will make you laugh. (Rated PG-13 for mature language) (Posted: 9/1/08)
Not so Alone - Every story has its critics. The Fiction editor of a cheap crime Mag attempts to evaluate attributes of a fiction adventure as domestic turmoil, real life spills out onto his office floor. Life was more exciting than fiction and the Editor didn't like it. (Rated PG-13 for mature language) (Posted: 9/15/08)
CHAPTER 3
Bigfoot: Digital Evidence Revealed in 3D - Mamut was a Big Animal Biologist. It was the reason he came all the way from India to Oregon. The funny thing is he actually succeeded in his life's goal and that turned out to be the worst thing for him. (Rated PG-13 for mature language and mild violence) (Posted: 10/1/08)
Bimbo Jimbo - Dr. Jimbu was a famous Beverly Hills plastic surgeon. But fame and money is never enough. Dr. Jimbu needed more. That more was a world he couldn't control, nobody can, no even the police. And have you ever wondered where those newly weds go when they disappear from those cruise ships? They have found something useful to do actually. (Rated PG-13 for mature language and mild violence) (Posted: 11/1/08)
Love is only an ethical argument - Post holocaust Earth has the added problem of global warming. The old man has survived alone for most of his live, but now he has a boy with him. Is it friendship or just another survival strategy? Is love a survival strategy? (Rated R for mature language, sexual situations and violence) (Posted: 12/1/08)
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