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    Hmm... gives me an idea for a cave man's club sold as "The Good Book Club"...
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    Exile

    Refugium posted new chapter in The Undertaker's Devil

    July, 1890 Samael had barely dropped the last of his belongings in the familiar upstairs room at the undertaker’s when he heard a knock at the front door. He walked down and found Joe Corbin waiting outside. “My key doesn’t work anymore,” Corbin said apologetically when Samael let him in. “Mister Walker changed the locks. He just gave me one yesterday.” “So, back to your old position, more or less?” “Yes. Mister Walker came and asked me to. More business than he can hand
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    I had a friend who had that terrible disease whose principal symptom is involuntary poetry reading. If I remember correctly, the disease is called "high school." He organized Prose-a-Thons to raise funds to find a cure.
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    Also keep a Holy Bible for self-defense! And a Bible Belt comes in handy, too.
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    Oh, tell me that they're not going to start burning trashy romance novels at the book-burning parties! That would be too sad! All those Fabio covers up in smoke!
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    I'm glad you enjoyed this bit of Doggerel for the Morality Police.
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    An Exploration in Limericks of Those Tricky Tabernacle Taboos In the Testaments, both Old and New, There’s a lot about who you can screw. And the biggest concern? You are warned, lest you burn, Not to screw who the foreign folk do. Not like Egypt – so don’t fuck your sister; Not like Canaan – no mister on mister. And the livestock are out, Bossy’s pretty, no doubt, But God frowns if you’ve so much as kissed her.
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    An Exploration In Limericks of Those Tricky Tabernacle Taboos For the 2023 Poetry Anthology: Exploration
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    Prologue

    Refugium commented on Refugium's story chapter in Prologue

    You picked a pretty good time to start - there are only two more chapters after "Betrayals."
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    Betrayals

    Refugium commented on Refugium's story chapter in Betrayals

    Johnny Behan will get right on it! (A little Tombstone humor there... Behan was the one who organized the posse in March 1882 to go after the Earp vendetta riders and after weeks of searching couldn't find them. By this time his place had been taken by the aptly-named Sheriff Slaughter. In the words of Anna Russell, "I'm not just making this up, you know.") Great photo of Mr. Brennan!
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    June, 1886 Ritter sat at his desk at the courthouse, trying to make sense of assessments, tax bills, warrants for payment, and budgets. His head throbbed and his vision was getting blurry. Looking at the clock, he saw that he had stayed too late again. Samael would have gone out to dinner alone by now. Since selling the undertaking business to Joseph Pascholy, who owned a hotel and a few other enterprises in Tombstone, Ritter saw less and less of Sammy. But he simply didn’t have time for bo
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    Robbie does seem to be trouble, doesn't he? And Ritter -- I worry about that man... And Ike -- He probably wouldn't try anything unless he thought he could get away with it.
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    He does indeed seem to be talking about Billy. You know how those home-o-seckshuls are always corrupting youth, even if the youth in question is a year older. But Ike just likes to talk big. I'm sure he wouldn't do anything violent. Pretty sure. Relatively sure.
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    October, 1884 “Andy, you gotta eat something.” Samael stood in the doorway of the upstairs bedroom, holding a bowl of stew. “No appetite.” Ritter buried himself further under the blankets. “Just need a little more sleep.” “You slept all day yesterday, and now half the day today. Mister Ream came by to see you, and I couldn’t wake you up.” “Probably wants me back on the campaign trail.” “Well, if running for county treasurer is going to wear you out, sending you all over
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    June 1882 “Sammy! Sammy! Get out here and let’s celebrate!” Ritter swung into his office, depositing a chilled bottle of champagne on his desk. Samael shuffled in from the back room where he had been preparing a body for burial. “What are we celebrating?” “You are looking at the contractor for the new county courthouse of Cochise County. The Board of Supervisors approved my bid on building it. This is the kind of thing I’ve been wanting to get into!” Ritter grabbed Samael, li
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    Quick! Somebody check Helen's backside! No volunteers? Huh. Yes, Ike Clanton was a piece of work. My portrayal of him is probably flattering.
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    And then there's Robbie Crooks. He'll be back.
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    December 15, 1881 Ritter, Ream, Samael, and Joe Corbin knelt among the packing crates and excelsior, examining the artworks which had been delivered that morning. Ream discussed advertising and prices with Ritter while Corbin and Samael sorted and admired, stacking framed works against the caskets of the display room. Ream shook his head. “I have no idea what we’re doing selling paintings in a funeral parlor.” “Come, now, Bill, we’re already selling picture frames and furniture of
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    They met, but they didn't get along. James tried to ride Blue, Paul saw red, and that was the end of that.
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    Imagine that poor man trying to shop for shoes. "Oh, yes, we have shoes for larger feet," the clerks say. "We carry men's sizes all the way up to 14!" In the words of someone I know, "I was size 14 when I was 14."
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    Darling, you work?? Really, you must give that up. It's not good for your health or your social life.
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    I was Merv Griffin's boyfriend for two years, and I can state with absolute assurance that he was 100% straight!
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    April 5, 1985 OBITUARIES Paul Bunyan, American Legend and Gay Icon Paul Bunyan, inspiration for folklore, tall tales, books, films, advertising, and gay male erotica, died Monday night at his West Hollywood home. He was 103 years old. He began working as a logger in his teens, in forests across the breadth of the United States and Canada, from Maine to Alaska. Soon tales of his great size and enormous appetite spread. “Those exaggerations are so embarrassing,” he said in an i
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    1985 obituary of Paul Bunyan from Wood Enthusiast Monthly.
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    Lessons

    Refugium commented on Refugium's story chapter in Lessons

    I wouldn't want either Ike Clanton or Wyatt Earp as an enemy, and Sammy seems to have managed to get on the bad side of both.
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