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A World Without Music—J. Conrad Guest
Ah, the dance. What men and women put each other—and themselves—through during the mating ritual. But in this scene, who is leading? This could be one of the most revised and reworked scenes I’ve ever...
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And They Say You Can Never Go Home — J. Conrad Guest
Plato’s Place, home of the best Coney dogs, best chili, and best fries I’ve ever had. Of course, I could be looking back through the mists of time with rose-colored glasses to a time when, after...
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Get Me to the Church On Time—J. Conrad Guest
J. Conrad and new wife, Colleen “I got to get there in the morning; ding, ding, dong, they’re gonna chime. Kick up a rumpus, don’t lose your compass. Get me to the church, get me to the church … Pete’s...
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A World Without Music Excerpt—J. Conrad Guest
Sarah hung, naked, bound to a gibbet by iron spikes through her hands and feet. Beneath her a woman knelt, her face streaked by tears. She knew this woman as Mother. Sarah called down to her in Hebrew,...
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A World Without Music: Excerpt no. 3—J. Conrad Guest
J. Conrad Guest Cover blurb: Reagan returns from the first Gulf War haunted by horrific images of Tom Wallach, a dead marine he brought back from the desert. Seeking refuge from his nightmares and...
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A World Without Music: Now Available from Second Wind—J. Conrad Guest
A fourth excerpt from A World Without Music, another Reagan-Tom Wallach exchange. Twenty-six “The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes—ah, that is where the...
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Thanksgiving Day 2014—J. Conrad Guest
According to Wikipedia, Thanksgiving Day became an official Federal holiday in 1863, when, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of “Thanksgiving and Praise to our...
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Christmas 2014: Where Did Tolerance Go?—J. Conrad Guest
Maybe it’s just my age, looking through rose colored glasses into a past that seems much friendlier today than it perhaps really was fifty years ago. Photo courtesy of Craig David Butler The 1960s:...
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What Is Truth?—J. Conrad Guest
Or maybe the better question, the more pertinent question where fiction is concerned, is where is truth in text today? Photo courtesy of Craig David Butler As a reader, I’ve always sought truth in what...
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Black and White Reality of Fifty Shades of Grey—J. Conrad Guest
Photo courtesy of Craig David Butler Disclaimer: Some will accuse me of envy that such drivel as Fifty Shades of Grey has become a phenomenon while, as a writer, I toil away in near obscurity. But...
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Forever a Philanderer—J. Conrad Guest
When Dain Galdikas discovers his wife’s infidelity, he doesn’t confront her with her duplicity. He decides to go back in time to murder his wife’s mother in an effort to prevent the birth of his...
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Forever a Philanderer Excerpt Two—J. Conrad Guest
The tale continues (mature audience for language and sexual situations)… Photo courtesy of Craig David Butler Dain left work, stopping at Poole’s Tavern in Northville, home of the best fish and chips...
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January’s Paradigm—by J. Conrad Guest
Robert Porter is enjoying the fruits of success: a best-selling detective novel featuring a hard-nosed detective circa 1947 named Joe January, and a lucrative contract for the sequel. But his world...
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January’s Paradigm, Second Excerpt—J. Conrad Guest
I thought I would include as part of this excerpt the first poem I ever wrote (I’ve written maybe three more, and there’s a reason for that!). It opens the novel, prior to Part One, so it’s a little...
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Get Me to the Church On Time—J. Conrad Guest
J. Conrad and new wife, Colleen “I got to get there in the morning; ding, ding, dong, they’re gonna chime. Kick up a rumpus, don’t lose your compass. Get me to the church, get me to the church … Pete’s...
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The ’Rithmetic Behind Reading and Writing—J. Conrad Guest
The Pew Research Center reported in January 2014 that nearly a quarter of American adults had not read a single book in the previous year. If you think that number is encouraging, consider that the...
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Black and White Reality of Fifty Shades of Grey—J. Conrad Guest
Photo courtesy of Craig David Butler Disclaimer: Some will accuse me of envy that such drivel as Fifty Shades of Grey has become a phenomenon while, as a writer, I toil away in near obscurity. But...
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January’s Paradigm—by J. Conrad Guest
Robert Porter is enjoying the fruits of success: a best-selling detective novel featuring a hard-nosed detective circa 1947 named Joe January, and a lucrative contract for the sequel. But his world...
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January’s Paradigm, Second Excerpt—J. Conrad Guest
I thought I would include as part of this excerpt the first poem I ever wrote (I’ve written maybe three more, and there’s a reason for that!). It opens the novel, prior to Part One, so it’s a little...
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The ’Rithmetic Behind Reading and Writing—J. Conrad Guest
The Pew Research Center reported in January 2014 that nearly a quarter of American adults had not read a single book in the previous year. If you think that number is encouraging, consider that the...
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