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• Poetry > Free Verse
  Al Capone

  

  By MissInkslinger, Lexington, KY

  Al Capone Sure didn't work alone. On St. Valentine's Day, Out in the sun he lay. Tax evasion or something. The only thing he did was "nothing."...
• Nonfiction > Memoir
  Swinging and Smoking

  

  By MissInkslinger, Lexington, KY

  It was a nice summer day: just cool enough not to be hot and just hot enough to complain. My family seldom has barbecues; our big fancy grill is mostly for show. Not to mention, Kentucky has awful weather and there was never a good time when all of the friends and the nearby cousins were all in town...
• Fiction > Historical Fiction
  The Mad Hatter's Dead

  

  By MissInkslinger, Lexington, KY

  Life is tough. Sometimes you get a nice easy day, with easy nice customers, but some days you get a crowd off noisy dirty men, yelling and arguing over silly things such as the Soviets and their Sputnik satellite. Today was one of those days. Men jammed into the small barber shop, shouting that no, ...
• Fiction > Historical Fiction
  The Bronze Bull

  

  By MissInkslinger, Lexington, KY

  You have toiled and worked for months, poured every bit of your soul, and finally, your creation is completed. After so long, the majestic, life-size bronze bull is molded and hollowed, eager to be put to use. The only openings are the nostrils, embedded with trumpets, and the heavy trapdoor in the ...