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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Part 1 of 12. This and Other Things (Outtake from Rebel Max’s Journal) – V.I.V. is Real
No one knows who V.I.V. is but it’s something like an honor to be featured in her underground newsletter that finds its way onto magazine racks all over Ladoga before management throws them away or they’re all snatched up by curious readers who look to V.I.V. for the stories she features about noteworthy citizens of…
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Old Man Young and the Bronx Avenger One-Shots Issue 4 – The Rest
Previously on Old Man Young: Detective Paul Young has seen a lot of things in his storied career, but discovering that children were kept like slaves in a small house and used for sex was a lot for him to handle. It was the case that made him a local celebrity when the story made…
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January 31, 2015 – Vol I Outtakes 3
It’s time for more outtakes; more from the Volume I stories that you know and love. We’re in a new year and it’s crazy how fast time flies. January went by in a flash and my son celebrated his tenth birthday (he’ll be a grown man before I know it). Also, Roy will be back…
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December 29, 2014 – Vol I Outtakes 2
Yes, it has been a while. The holidays are pretty much over. I for one am glad; I hate spending so much money at one time, and that time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is just throwing gobs of it at people in stores that I don’t think need to exist (why is there a store…
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November 14, 2014 – Vol. I Outtakes
Hello, Rebel Max here. Roy asked me to present the Volume I Outtakes and I was happy to step up. I like what he does in the posts, they’re funny and informative, and I hope that I can be as engaging. First, let me explain what the Outtakes are. When we decided on the stories…