Very interesting story, of course not written well once brought into this day and time nor is it appropriate. However, back in the day it was acceptable and the way it was back then. One trope is where he keeps calling him a boy when in fact they were grown men. Max and Al are...

The Shadow.  I must have had myself mixed up with The Phantom. Although, I can see how The Phantom could have been derived from The Shadow. I’ll freely state that I wanted some action in this story.  I had just finished The Killers when I picked this up.   Nobody died in that, by the way. … Continue reading The Shadow…stays in the corner?

Write What You Cannot Say Once upon a time, in a far land where only Birds live. There was a Caregiver chicken who was hired to take care of the old poet duck and make sure he is stable and take his painkillers on time. “Can I get you anything before I live. Mr.Duck” Chicken … Continue reading Short Story with random words and animal(s) →

Now I’m not saying I’m the most fun person in the world… … nope that’s pretty much what I’m saying.

When it starts snowing and we start gather around the fireplace and drink warm hot chocolate I know it is time for my favorite holiday. When I see the red, green, and white color combined I think of joy, excitement, and gathering. When I smell Cinnamon candles in the house, I know it must be … Continue reading Holifaves →

Today was just another regular day on the farm.  Here are my 10 pictures from 1/24/2015

This story will be using my noir character (and a few others) whose profile can be found here. Loving this woman would get me killed. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. “Marcus,” She said in that beautiful, velvet voice of hers. If only she knew what my name at her lips did to me. … Continue reading A Short Story, Quentin Tarantino Style →

10 seconds. What are you thankful for? On your marks, get set, GO! For my second writing assignment of the week I chose 10 seconds of thanks. You have 10 seconds to write down as many things you can that your thankful for. I put my iphone stopwatch on and frantically started typing… here is […]

Johnny was born on January 2nd, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, where he has lived his whole life. Johnny never had much of a home life. His father, Jim McCormick, walked out on the family when he was five years old. Johnny was an only child so he grew up with his mother, Wendy McCormick. Wendy ...

James Black was born in New York City on June 8th 1910 and was immediately thrown into life of the mob and murders. James Black is now a 30 years old detective who used to be a dirty cop who was living two lives. Black stands at 6’2 weighing in at 225 with scruff and […]

Since we were given an ending that rivals that of any Edith Wharton novel, I thought to make my own. While I’m fine with sad endings, I don’t like them so let’s make it a little happier.   Cora waded towards me in the water, her wet hair drawn up into a messy ponytail. She … Continue reading The Postman Sometimes Rings Twice →

  For this writing assignment, I had to write an alternative ending to a piece of noir literature we were required to read for this week. I chose to write an alternative ending for The Shadow: The Death Triangle. Unfortunately, making up stories has never been my strong suit. I remember I had to write a short […]

It is Chicago in the 40s, and Isabelle McIntosh is a young, twenty-something librarian that doesn’t really call much attention to herself.  The only thing that stands out about her is her striking red hair, which has earned her the nickname of Red.    She wears a lot of black and enjoys staying in the background … Continue reading Isabelle McIntosh →

I started off with Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers, this week. “The door of Henry’s lunch-room opened and two men came in.” I immediately thought of Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks”. I’ve always imagined that the two men in Hopper’s famous painting showed up together, with one leaving the other to try his hand with the lady in red, so that’s where this story … Continue reading But…But They Didn’t Kill Anyone

    When life gives you sticky paper… write stuff on it and sick ‘em everywhere! With this being my fist completed writing assignment from the assignment bank, it was a simple task with endless ways for your imagination to travel. The Post-It notes and Grocery Lists assignment under the “visual assignments” asked you to […]

When asked what I thought Noir was, my first thought was that it was my first thought, was just dark detective stories from the 40’s but I see now that that isn’t quite it. I read “The Postman Always Rings Twice”, “The Killers” and ” the Shadow” all of these talked about murder and vendettas. … Continue reading Noir or not? →

In this weeks readings for noir106, I started of with “The Postman Always Rings Twice“. The novel is a great example of what noir is through use of sexual tension and crime to display the plot along with addressing the point of the novel to the reader. Frank Chambers, who is narrating in first person, […]