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Paul E Shinkle

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An aging Bridge Operator and a desperate hominid race to preserve each other.

2024

Stories

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Barn Fall

Jan 22

Barn Fall

Jan 22

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The Wyrd is Not Weird

Photo credit: Paul E Shinkle, © 2024, all rights reserved

Nov 10, 2024

The Wyrd is Not Weird

Nov 10, 2024

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STORY: Bruges On Her Lips

After Jon DeVin handed me the keys, he kissed me gallantly. Once on each cheek.

Sep 4, 2023

STORY: Bruges On Her Lips

Sep 4, 2023

Fair Solar Winds and Following Hydrogen Seas: Part 3

Author’s Note: Since this is longish, I’ve serialized it. Please be sure to read Part 1 and 2 first. Thank you, truly, for reading.

Nov 18, 2024

Nov 18, 2024

Still Fogging the Glass

I am thinking tonight about the term “still fogging the glass.” It is a quaint metaphor describing someone who is unexpectedly still alive…

Nov 17, 2024

Still Fogging the Glass

Nov 17, 2024

Fair Solar Winds and Following Hydrogen Seas: Part 2

Author’s Note: Since this is longish, I’ve serialized it. Please be sure to read Part 1 first. Thank you, truly, for reading.

Nov 17, 2024

Fair Solar Winds and Following Hydrogen Seas: Part 2

Nov 17, 2024

Fair Solar Winds and Following Hydrogen Seas: Part 1

Author’s Note: I wrote this longish piece for a sci-fi writing contest sponsored by a coffee shop…which contest I did not win. The…

Nov 16, 2024

Fair Solar Winds and Following Hydrogen Seas: Part 1

Nov 16, 2024

The Best Educated

Photo Credit: Paul E Shinkle, © 2023, all rights reserved.

Nov 12, 2024

The Best Educated

Nov 12, 2024

Poem: Missed Kiss

I could tell: you hoped to kiss me as much as I ached to kiss you.

Nov 7, 2024

Poem: Missed Kiss

Nov 7, 2024

Poem: Dirt

Plant a seed. Things grow.

Nov 4, 2024

Nov 4, 2024

Paul E Shinkle

Paul E Shinkle

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Philosopher, former professor, author of 'Rabid Times', '23: Stories Short', and 'Hiwholthin'. Current blue-collar wage slave, believer in love and good gin.

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