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So we’re in court on a Domestic Violence Restraining Order. My client has testified in detail to the abuse he’s suffered from the Petitioner. The opposing lawyer is now cross examining him on a childhood injury he suffered with caused him to lose memories of his childhood. My client is now in his thirties. TheContinue reading “Sorry, I Didn’t Hear You”

I am sitting in my Victorville Office getting ready to do some tasks. I plan to leave at noon. After all, I’m on vacation. Originally I hoped to spend a week somewhere else, reading, writing, eating, napping. When I was a Public Defender in Orange County I used to do just that–I’d rent a motelContinue reading “A Lawyer’s Vacation”

She sits on the couch watching her murder shows. Her favorite is “Snapped,” in which women who kill their mates are profiled lovingly. By the end of the show you’re usually rooting for the murderer to get away. Some do. I ask her why she watches these shows. “To get tips,” she says. My wife.Continue reading “The Dragon on the Couch”

A Ship Named Sheila Mark Bruce DETAILS ASIN:B098VZ4Z2N This story is on Kindle Vella, a new thing they’re trying with stories told in small chunks. like the old serial stories. If you click the ASIN link above you can read the first three chapters (1000 words each) for free. Then you have to start expendingContinue reading “Serial Writer”

Some things become apparent to me as I get older: That I am never going to be rich. That I am never going to be famous. That I am never going to date a beautiful Korean girl pop singer with an innocent face and lithe body. That I am never going to be invited toContinue reading “What I Know So Far”

As the famous troubadour pictured above once sang, it seems the nearer your destination, the more you’re slip slidin’ away. (That’s Paul Simon for you youngsters who don’t recognize anyone holding one of those old-fashioned things called “guitars.”) I am 64, to be 65 in November. My mom died at 83, my dad at 88.Continue reading “Slip Slidin’ Away”

Albert Einstein once noted that the only two limitless things in existence were the Universe and Human Stupidity. And he had his doubts about the Universe. In my day job as attorney to the stars–but only the minor ones, like Rigel 5 or Mandamus 13–I run across stupidity often. Sometimes the clients. Sometimes the DAs.Continue reading “People Are Stupid”

The video above show me reading an excerpt from Minerva James and the God of Strangers, a short story recently published in the anthology The Secrets We Keep, published by Dandelion Revolution Press. These women put out great books and I am proud yet humbled to be a part of their revolution. Viva Le Dandelion!Continue reading “Minerva James and the God of Strangers”

I am not a robot. I am not your huckleberry. I am not a crook. I am not, nor have I ever been a member of the Communist Party. I am not afraid. I am not your boss. I am not your momma. I am not interested. I am not dead yet. I am notContinue reading “I Am Not a Robot”

That peculiar-looking item in the photo, dear children, is an old-fashioned contraption called a “typewriter.” When your correspondent was a young man, it was all the rage among writers. If you didn’t have a typewriter, you couldn’t submit stories. (Though if one looked through the Writer’s Market of the day, sometimes you’d see a placeContinue reading “A Little News”