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Writing THE END For ALMOST A DEAD MAN

April 7, 2025 – 10:09 am

Yesterday I typed THE END to ALMOST A DEAD MAN. 348 pages. Then spell check. Only seven typos Then I hit search for God. Only seventeen times. No bad for an atheist. I first wrote it in Ireland in 1997. I showed it to Shannon who read it in a single night. I sent the […]

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Opening paragraphs of ALMOST A DEAD MAN

March 20, 2025 – 12:17 pm

Hamburg 1982 The scurry of claws across the filthy floor startled the woman on the battered chair and she lifted her black stiletto heels in horror. Rats were the least of her problems. Over the phone her lover had suggested a nocturnal rendezvous on Kaiserkai. No one came to Hamburg’s harbor at night. The woman […]

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