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The Token Irishman

Posted on February 25, 2021 by carolkean

With St. Patrick’s Day only three weeks away, I had to revisit this story, which began as a 5-Minute Freewrite at Steemit in response to the prompt “token.” I had so much fun with it. Of course my son, part … Continue reading →

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Six Degrees of Separation, Hopeless Habits, Saints Alive

Posted on February 25, 2021 by carolkean

There really is a Saint Corona, and she is reputed to be the patron saint of pandemics. Thank you, Cory McNaughton of Steemit, for pointing that out to me after I posted this a year ago, when the pandemic had only … Continue reading →

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Down Freedom River by Joseph Green: a narrative of nation-building and cruelly extinguishing black entrepreneurs

Posted on June 7, 2020 by carolkean

With #BlackLivesMatter in the news again, and nation on fire over police brutality and racial issues, this novel is suddenly more timely than ever. Free blacks ruled over their own territory in Florida, in the early 1800s. Who knows what … Continue reading →

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“The truth is best told in the guise of fiction” – Carol Kean

Posted on February 15, 2020 by carolkean

“It’s only fiction,” my husband has told me for years, but, but, it’s never “only fiction.” The truth is all too often told in the guise of fiction. Different names, different dates and details, but same sad story happening in our … Continue reading →

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Father Ed

Posted on December 2, 2019 by carolkean

Ed and I were fellow English-teaching majors in the early 1980s. He was tall and dark with wide shoulders, scintillating blue eyes, freckles, and a quick smile. He was intense. He told me I was possessed by demons. I haven’t … Continue reading →

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“Ashes and Acorns” by Carol Kean

Posted on October 2, 2019 by carolkean

  “Ashes and Acorns” is my last-minute entry for the HardFork: Can You See The Future? contest (November 2017). The mother in the story is inspired by my mom’s cousin Lois (who loves the Grand Canyon) and by a Scotland physician and sci-fi … Continue reading →

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Friday night in Falls City (a fiction, for fun)

Posted on September 25, 2019 by carolkean

Driverless cars were the stupidest thing ever. Marv Moran clipped the newspaper story on how the production of this idiocy was increasing, pinned it to the bulletin board, and proceeded to throw darts at it. Marv Mor-ANN, not MOR-on, she … Continue reading →

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Old Souls, Misfits, or Time Travelers?

Posted on April 24, 2019 by carolkean

The brick schoolhouse I attended from kindergarten through senior year of high school is slated for demolition. (No, I didn’t cause any lasting damage to the structure. Honest: the school’s demise wasn’t my fault.) I’ve been revisiting old yearbooks full … Continue reading →

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Missing Pieces by Jon Ripslinger – based on a true story of Joyce Klimt’s murder

Posted on February 27, 2019 by carolkean

Seventeen-year-old Kyle Donovan’s life is shattered. His mother is missing and his father is accused of killing her, dismembering her, and dumping her pieces into the Mississippi River off the shores of eastern Iowa. Kyle’s father, King Donovan, claims his … Continue reading →

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Magic in the Mundane – Part 4 of “In a Pig’s Ear” – a Steemit Freewrite

Posted on February 14, 2019 by carolkean

carolkean in freewrite • Her. Jack wanted her to meet someone, and it was a her. Sarah pocketed her phone and watched as two figures skate-walked toward her through the snow and ice that would never stop a northerner or a Derby goer. What … Continue reading →

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