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Smeared From One End To The Other By Joe S. Thomas
*** I’ve heard Jerry Stahl quote Ernest Hemingway saying: A bad childhood is one of the greatest gifts a writer can receive… I’m paraphrasing, but it was something like that… I’ve heard plenty of my other writer heroes say you have to live to have something to write about, which to me is saying the… Continue reading
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Excerpt from “Lunatic Birth” By Joe S. Thomas
WARNING! The following piece is very violent and not for the weak of heart or stomach. This is a work of fiction, but I thought I would put this warning on it just in case. Thank you. Read if you care to… JST. Our father made us gather around the coffee table on which he sat… Continue reading
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Reaching By Joe S. Thomas
*** There was a time not so long ago really in the scheme of things when I drank way too much and took drugs… I did these things to forget… I did these things in an attempt to feel like a normal human being whose nerves have been ripped to shreds since the age of… Continue reading
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Disgust, Nature, Nurture and Chemical Imbalance By Joe S. Thomas
*** As I stated at the end of my last post, it’s been a strange day and all I wanted to do was go to sleep and try to get away from it all and forget it… Sometimes that’s all that I can do… I knew I was headed toward a mental space I didn’t… Continue reading
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Shopping for Abuse (Journal Entry) By Joe S. Thomas
*** Earlier, boredom and hunger drove me from my room… I needed to grab a few things from the store so I decided to go to hell (Wal-Mart)… The place where every idiot in the area in which I live seems to congregate… I was going to grab some creamer for my coffee, a loaf… Continue reading
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And the Devil Will Be There to Kick Your Ass By Joe S. Thomas
And the Devil Will Be There to Kick Your Ass By Joe S. Thomas I began watching the documentary Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets on Prime and had no idea just how affected I would be by it and the abuse that goes on within these groups of people. I can’t believe how much… Continue reading