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Part 10 of 12: The VIV Dilemma – V.I.V. is Real
The first thing I did after Wes and I met with the editor was talk with Mr. Smith. He had always been a sage adviser and I knew that I could count on him for some clarity. I went to see him at his home where he was pouring through old issues of the newsletter.…
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Old Man Young and the Bronx Avenger – Issue 15 – The Old Man is Angry
Previously on Old Man Young, in the Empire State… Darker sat next to his nephew, Corey’s bed as he ate the meal the nurse had brought him. He was looking much better and the doctors planned to release him the following day. Darker was happy that the boy was alright and he enjoyed just watching…
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Old Man Young and the Bronx Avenger – Issue 14 – I Smell Rat
Previously on Old Man Young… The man known as Darker rarely ever lifts a hand. He has spent much of his life ensuring that he would sit atop a criminal empire that would be a steady source of income for himself and for his family. In order to avoid possible implication in illegal activities, Darker…
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Part 7 of 12: The Child Exploitation Issue – V.I.V. is Real
Tracking down a specific issue of TAOT is difficult. There are no archives and there is no website to access. The issue about the incident at Kid Zone was a tangent that I was willing to take because I wanted to know how trustworthy Mr. Baucom really was. Of course he would defend his program…
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Part 8 of 12: Mountain Trip – V.I.V. is Real
I honestly jumped at the opportunity to take a trip to the mountains. I found out via the school’s website that Charles Tibbet was an assistant track coach at my alma mater. I hadn’t been to the school in a while, and my girlfriend refused to make the trip with me. “Every time we go…
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Old Man Young and the Bronx Avenger – Issue 13 – The Bronx Avenger Meets the Old Man
Previously on Old Man Young… There is a lot going on in the city of Knoxville, TN. Lately, the uptick in crime in the city has been upsetting the natural order. Normally, a murder has built-in leads depending on the location of the murder; ie, if a body is found in the bad parts of…
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Silas in Hell Issue 7. Some Saints Go to Hell (continued)
The tentacled beast from the abyss is unsettling to Silas to say the very least. Throughout his day, he remembers the feeling of tentacles shoving into the orifices of his face, the pressure and the widening, like his nostrils would split at any second. He felt violated and it was not easy to shake. There…
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Old Man Young and the Bronx Avenger – Issue 12 – When I First Killed a Man, Flashback
Previously on Old Man Young and the Bronx Avenger When a man accepts a life of crime as his life’s work, he is accepting the grim reality that he may one day have to take a life. Some men do so with little reservation; the idea of killing someone is not particularly troubling to every…
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Silas in Hell Issue 6. Some Saints Go to Hell
Silas is convinced of his soul’s journey to hell during sleep, but he doesn’t know what to do about it. Knowing the truth and changing it are very different things. So Silas has decided to lean into it. He doesn’t sleep in the same bed with his wife anymore; there was an incident where he…
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Part 6 of 12: Westside Story – V.I.V. is Real
“They were printing TAOT there?” I asked Deborah. “I saw them. There was a big stack of the pages, before they were stapled together. It was the issue about pollution in the local streams.” “Could it have been one of the teachers or instructors or whatever?” I asked. “Only the owners were there that evening.…