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“angus brown”

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  • Sneakers

    by Angus Brownfield ...
    Kermit O'Doyle, a paraplegic, works as an analyst on the China desk of the CIA's Economic Analysis Unit. He's tasked with discovering why the Chinese are flooding the US with designer hi-tops that sell for less than canvas sneakers. Everyone wants them and soon they're outselling America's top brands. But violence follows the shoes onto the playgrounds across America. Moreover, Kermit and the ... Read more

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  • 5 Spring Haiku

    by Angus Brownfield ...
    This is the second in a series of haiku on the four seasons. It follows "5 Winter Haiku." ... Read more

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  • One Night Stand

    by Angus Brownfield ...
    Quincy happens upon Annie at a party he was reluctant to attend. His reluctance turns to eagerness when he discovers Annie plays all the tunes he ever wanted to sing. The girl of his dreams, or is this just too good to be true? ... Read more

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  • 4 Autumn Haiku

    by Angus Brownfield ...
    This completes the cycle of haiku-like poems begun last winter with Winter Haiku. ... Read more

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  • The Crossing, a short story

    by Angus Brownfield ...
    Conrad and Margot, having driven the length of Mexico from the States with two small children, are crossing the border between Mexico and Guatemala at Christmas time. He has hunting weapons, and permits from all the interveneding countries to carry them into Costa Rica. An incident in Guatemala has caused all gun permits to be canceled, and something strange has happened to the colonel who signed ... Read more

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  • Tec, A Short Story

    by Angus Brownfield ...
    Till Dimas, San Francisco police detective, attributes his uncanny sense of smell to an Apache ancestor. His partner, Felix ("Dude") Durand, will never forget the homicide case Till solved in record time relying in large part on his sensitive nose. Closing the case leaves the partners to consult their personal beliefs in justice: did they make the city a safer place taking down the perpetrator, or ... Read more

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  • Sudden Onset Mid-Life Crisis

    by Angus Brownfield ...
    Two bachelor friends, Alfie and Phil, spend a Sunday afternoon tapering off from a boozy St. Patrick's day and talking about Alfie's sudden fixation on the social commentator, Fran Lebowitz. The conversation takes a sudden serious turn, prompted by Alfie's drunken realization his life is empty. ... Read more

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  • Galluping, a short story

    by Angus Brownfield ...
    A young man, Jarvis, is canvassing for the Gallup polling organization when he encounters Howard, a subject who alarms him. The man turns the interview around, asking Jarvis about his most interesting "customers." Howard swears he knew Jarvis was coming. Howard has a large revolver sitting next to him on the couch. He wears black gloves and sunglasses. He is either nuts or psychic. Fearing this ... Read more

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  • The Hummus Dealer of Meknes, a short story

    by Angus Brownfield ...
    Mustapha is young and unmarried. He works diligently, preparing and selling hummus from a stall in the medina. One day Annisa, a newcomer to Meknes, offers him a proposition: marry her and she will share with him her secret recipe for outstanding hummus. She is nearly old enough to be his mother and he dreams of a young bride who will give him many sons. Naturally he declines. Soon Annisa, who ... Read more

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  • 3 More Poems

    by Angus Brownfield ...
    Three poems in no particular order, on no particular theme, written since the first three poems I published on Smashwords. ... Read more

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  • The Spare Husband and Other Stories

    by Angus Brownfield ...
    Some of Angus Brownfield's collection of nineteen short stories are told with tongue in cheek and some acknowledge the regret that comes of learning through sobering experience. One narrator is faintly hysterical, another trying to avoid the rat race that looms in front of him by reliving his hot-rodding youth in an automobile that's beyond his rusty skills. There's a variety of styles and lengths ... Read more

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  • The Day's Vanity, The Night's Remorse

    by Angus Brownfield ...
    Perfection of the life, perfection of the work: is it an either/or choice? Must a person forswear one to attain the other? Byeford Pritchett wants both. He wants to live a life free of the creator's angst while turning out a work of art worthy of the name.For more years than he cares to admit, Bye Pritchett's worked on his bureaucratic novel. He wants it to show the world that there are "good" ... Read more

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