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Sun of the Morning – Can’t Tell Me Nothing (Kanye West) Part 2 of 3
“…please blame it on the Son of the Morning” – Jay-Z “You know everybody in Ladoga,” Lincoln said to Ms. Eunice, “what you know about Afonso Barnes?” He was sitting at a table with Ms. Eunice and she was reviewing a paper he had done for his history class. She laughed out loud when he…
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Sun of the Morning – Can’t Tell Me Nothing (Kanye West) Part 1 of 3
“…please blame it on the Son of the Morning” – Jay-Z Lincoln wanted to make music and that is all he did as a teenager. He did well academically, but he looked forward to band and choir that he would take all four years of high school. He had never thought of himself as a…
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Sun of the Morning – Hail Mary (Tupac) Part 3 of 3
“…please blame it on the Son of the Morning” – Jay-Z Zora arrived at her grandmother’s house and she sat in her car in the driveway for long enough to finish crying and to fix her face. Crying alone – in her car, in various rooms of her house, on the bench in the park…
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Come Close – Grapefruit (DYVN) Part 4 of 4
8. Cool Grey 11s (Marlon Craft) “If you’re worried, you have to call him,” Valeria said. We were driving home from a friend’s St. Patrick’s Day party. I was driving because Valeria had had a few too many, and she was in a very talkative mood. The party had been a lot of fun, though…
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Sun of the Morning – Hail Mary (Tupac) Part 2 of 3
“…please blame it on the Son of the Morning” – Jay-Z “I don’t want nothin, I just want to come home. Is it time yet for the good Lord to take me?” Mary Smith was literally on her deathbed, in the home her husband had bought in the sixties in northeast Ladoga. It was a…
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Finding Lêgba (PRL Team-Up) – Issue 2 of 2 – Outside of Everything
An Earther in the Fonlands – 6 “There is a grand scheme afoot,” Gû said when he met Xêvioso at the high wall of the Celestial Library. “I can feel it, brother.” “A scheme?” Xêvioso said as they prepared to exit the disc of Lêgba. “Lêgba is up to something,” Gû said. “That’s why the…
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Come Close – Grapefruit (DYVN) Part 3 of 4
7. Runnin Away (Tall Black Guy, Ozay Moore, Malaya) Christmas that year was really nice even though my daughters spent the holiday in DC with my ex wife. Valeria and I enjoyed a peaceful, quiet evening at our home in the mountains after spending most of the morning and afternoon on video and phone calls…
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Sun of the Morning – Hail Mary (Tupac) Part 1 of 3
“…please blame it on the Son of the Morning” – Jay-Z Zora liked to stand at the door of the nursery with her legs crossed, balancing lightly in the frame and resting on her shoulder. She looked at everything inside, considering each object. There was a wooden toy bin with the top swung all the…
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Finding Lêgba (PRL Team-Up) – Issue 1 of 2 – To Order
An Earther in the Fonlands – 3 “Order, order!” a voice called loudly. The walls of the room were a cool blue color and an Earther might describe the space as a conference room. There was a large bench at the front of the room that was elevated above the large thrones arranged before it.…
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Razew Supreme (2022 Annual) – Issue 1 –
The Fate of Druont The Razew homeworld was a planet known as Druont. The species thrived on the planet. They herded the druintes and other animals for food and they grew plants that healed all of their illnesses. The planet Druont was a paradise to the Razew and they thrived over the long evolution of…