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William S. Burroughs- The Junkies Christmas
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The Necessity of Unplugging By Joe S. Thomas
If I’m being honest with myself, within myself and even with you, (those with whom I attempt to speak to or communicate with somehow), I must unplug from everything and leave my mind chock full of absolute emptiness if I’m to say anything interesting whatsoever… In my mind, the times I have something interesting to… Continue reading
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Rejection and Death By Joe S. Thomas
I received a rejection from some publisher regarding a short piece I submitted… Nothing new there… Sometimes writing just kicks my ass… I pour myself, my soul, my thoughts, my anger, my whole being into these pieces… Perhaps submitting them is vanity and stupidity… I will write regardless… Being slapped back by someone saying it’s… Continue reading
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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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Two Sides of Me By Joe S. Thomas
*** “You can’t put your arms around a memory, don’t try, don’t try…” I’ve been working on a level that doesn’t seem to happen to me very much… I have been working on a disgusting, repulsive story called Lunatic Birth and then I turn around the next day and begin a story about a guy… Continue reading
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Open Up and Spill By Joe S. Thomas
*** I began a story that I’m going to work on only when I’m feeling full of rage, anger, depression and all of these other wonderful titles I get sick of talking about on a daily basis… Shouldn’t be too hard, huh? The idea came from an essay by GG Allin called My First Ten… Continue reading
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One of the Last Entries from 2022 Journal By Joe S. Thomas
Since we’re nearing the end of 2023, I thought I would post one of the last pages from my 2022 journal… I want to end this year’s journal on some sort of positive note but nothing positive is popping in my brain at the moment… This year, 2022, took a few folks that I love… Continue reading
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