“… it occurred to him that his inexplicable erotic power over women was not a blessing but a curse…”
By Quin Hillyer
Check out this excerpt from Mad Jones, Heretic: The Accidental Prophet, Book 1 by Quin Hillyer and pick it up now on Amazon.
New Fiction: The Baton
By Tom Cosentino
Peter looked as instructed and could not find what he was supposed to see until Charlotte’s finger stabbed at the top corner. There was a quarter page advertisement announcing that the Antiques Roadshow, Charlotte’s favorite program, was coming to New York.
“It’s this Saturday, I want to bring in my great Aunt Beatrice’s baton. She said it was very valuable. That it belonged to a famous conductor. This is my chance to find out exactly what it is. Maybe it’s worth enough that I can sell it to pay for my dream wedding.”
Peter looked at the date and time of the show, then forced a smile knowing he had no choice but to accompany Charlotte, even though he and his buddy Fred had tickets to the Rangers and Bruins matinee for the same day.
What You Believe Can Kill You… Or at Least, Kill Your Soul…
By Roy Griffis
Last Thursday (June 6, 2018) was the 74thanniversary of World War II’s , the Allied invasion of Europe that began the final, inexorable push to get the Nazi foot off the neck of… well, the World.
Google (one of the most valuable companies in the world) decided not to feature a remembrance of that day on the splash page of their search engine. Apparently, it wasn’t important enough to note. On Sunday, June 10, 2018, this was featured on their splash page….
PreTeena: June 4 – June 10, 2018
Sunday Comics!
By Allison Barrows
You won’t want to miss these hilarious cartoons depicting the ups and downs of adolescence. Now each week’s strips will debut on Sundays as the lead strip of Liberty Island’s Sunday Comics feature. If you draw a comic and would like to have your work featured on Sundays, please contact us: [email protected]
Nature’s Ninja – He is NOT your friend!
By David Churchill Barrow
*Submit your photographs of nature and the outdoor life to [email protected] to participate in this weekly feature exploring the natural world.*
Though we rarely actually see them here in Florida, Attila and I roam among a wide variety of dangerous critters – alligators, scorpions, black widows, rattlesnakes etc. But it is HE, the cottonmouth, aka water moccasin, I fear the most….
Choose Life: On Roseanne’s Racism, Samatha Bee’s Vulgarity, and Trainspotting’s Truth
Which is worse? A comedian calling a black woman an ape or a comedian calling a white woman a c—?
By David M. Swindle
In the wake of the cancellation of the rebooted Roseanne sitcom for its star’s tweet comparing Obama administration consigliere Valerie Jarrett to a character from Planet of the Apes, many of the show’s defenders employed one of today’s most common rhetorical weapons: whataboutism, a logical fallacy aptly described by Wikipedia and linked to Russian disinformation efforts throughout the 20th century.
“What if Middle Eastern terrorists began kidnapping and killing the children of world diplomats?”
This Father’s Day Give Pop The Right Tool for the Job
By Mark Goldblatt
Check out this excerpt of Right Tool for the Job: A Memoir of Manly Concerns by Mark Goldblatt and pick it up on Amazon for your pop — Father’s Day is almost here…
New Fiction: Stupefacient
By Jon Bishop
They gave me these pills to deal with my football injury. I busted up my leg. I caught a handoff and started streaking up the field, and then a guy took me out. But I landed wrong. My leg snapped. I don’t remember much: I felt a kind of otherworldly pain, as if getting pinpricks from hell, and then I howled. And then I blacked out.
I woke to about ten faces staring down at me, blank and expectant, and I couldn’t say anything. My throat felt sore. I opened my eyes and looked around the sterile and white room and then flashed a weak smile.
“Hey,” I said. “I’m okay.”
Laughter all around.
Paging Jordan Peterson, Your Two-Minute Hate is Ready
Or: In The Future We’ll All Be Emmanuel Goldstein for 15 Minutes
By Roy Griffis
The latest target of the current authorized Two Minute Hate is Jordan Peterson, a Canadian academic (professor of psychology) and practicing clinical psychologist. One might ask “What has this rather geeky sounding Canuck, with his kind of Don Knotts on ‘roids affect, done to arouse the righteous wrath of the Left?”
PreTeena: May 28 – June 3, 2018
Sunday Comics!
By Allison Barrows
You won’t want to miss these hilarious cartoons depicting the ups and downs of adolescence. Now each week’s strips will debut on Sundays as the lead strip of Liberty Island’s Sunday Comics feature. If you draw a comic and would like to have your work featured on Sundays, please contact us: [email protected]
