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  • Part 3 of 12: The Indian Chief’s Tree – V.I.V. is Real

    “We mourned through the doors, and we will continue all the way home… we have lost one of our own. But we can all walk taller into tomorrow, made bigger by the memory of Yusef’s goodness, and we will forever carry the notion that we must be good to our neighbors, and expect that goodness…

  • He and the Other He – 6 –

    He says, “Many people are full of it; they say many things to endear you but they have ulterior motives. They say they are like family to stay close and when you have formed a dependency, they surprise you with callousness.” “What is your point?” asks the other he. “This is all old news. You’re…

  • He and the Other He – 5 –

    “You’ve said all this before.” says the other he with frustration as the two sit fishing on the edge of a river. “You’ve expressed these frustrations and what I hear you telling me is that you don’t like being human.” He says, “That is not fair. I like being human because I like being alive.”…

  • He and the Other He – 4 –

    “Why must I be sociable?” he asks. “I mean, don’t answer that, I know the reason, but it’s so hard for me because most social situations are bloated with hypocrisy.” “Bloated with hypocrisy?” the other he echoes as a question. “Yes,” he says. “I am forced to have concern about the things plaguing the community…

  • He and the Other He – 3 –

    “I had a talk with the preacher,” he says, “and he doesn’t know what to do with me. The preacher said that I denigrate God, and I fail see the point of the believer. Preacher said that we accept God because we are acknowledging our limitations. Because man is fallible, we must look to him…

  • He and the Other He – 2 –

    “What about love?” the other he asks as the two get into a car that the other he drives. “What about it? Love is whatever you need it to be. If you need something grand and essential, there’s love. If you need the root of your evils, there’s love. If you need a reason to…

  • He and the Other He – 1 –

    “It’s not helpful to feel anything,” he says, looking up at clouds in the distance. “Feelings just cloud good judgment. We should be like calculators and scales; just crunch the numbers, weigh the good and bad, and make decisions accordingly. Feelings just muddy what’s real.” “Then our feelings aren’t real?” the other he ask. “Our…

  • Old Man Young and the Bronx Avenger Issue 7 – Yuri James is Dead

    Previously on Old Man Young and the Bronx Avenger Detective Paul Young has been a homicide detective for a long time and it’s right to assume that he has seen quite a few dead bodies. Over the years, death just became a part of the job and Young learned to separate the sometimes gruesome nature…

  • Part 2 of 12: Dinner at My Place – V.I.V. is Real

    Previously in Rebel Max’s Journal 01: By the time we made it to the home of Wes’s grandfather…Wes and Valeria had both given me an open invitation to their home for dinner as payback for my generosity.  from The Encroachment of Things (click for issue) The first time I got a chance to really talk…

  • Old Man Young and the Bronx Avenger – Issue 6 – I, Too

    I, TooBY LANGSTON HUGHES I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh,And eat well,And grow strong. Tomorrow,I’ll be at the tableWhen company comes.Nobody’ll dareSay to me,“Eat in the kitchen,”Then. Besides,They’ll see how beautiful I amAnd be ashamed— I, too, am America Previously on…