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Most Despicable Brute

An Original Story by Appaloosa Radio

From the continuing

 City of 4000 Spies Series

“If Noble Son Dusko Rarrko, the Second Son of the 19th Great Nobleman of Sassko were ever to write his memoirs, telling about his entanglement in the world of espionage, he could tell of great schemes involving the greatest of empires and nations. He could also tell of well-planned assassinations that were eons in planning and implementation. He could tell of technologies stolen, and of other (even more secret) technologies created to solve the most difficult problems. He could tell of those he loved and those he had to sacrifice. 

But he could also write of brutish individuals who met even more brutish ends.

He might tell the tale of Chil-ezz, a minor figure in the larger scheme, but one whose brutality was beyond despicable.

To be truthful, neither Dusko Rarrko nor the Dominion of Sassko were directly involved in the killing of J*X*Z.alpha Chil-ezz. Nonetheless, they both celebrated it. And it led to a most productive long-term friendship between the J.X.Z, city state and the Dominion.”

On the Morning Commuter Bus

An original story

For Appaloosa Radio

 CHAPTER 3

Many contemporary hi-tech employees ride express commuter buses daily to and from their work sites. Larry Jay Connors is just one of the many. He is a numbers guy, a veritable filing cabinet for numbers, whose specialty is making fiscal projections, doing benefit analyses, and generating cost-to-price determinations.

Unfortunately, Larry is also a “quasi social isolate” who stares at his own shoes to avoid eye contact with others. As the story begins, Larry’s personal life has been reduced to doing his laundry, playing with his dog, and watching old movies on television.

One morning, when he boards his usual commuter bus, everything changes. He is no longer who he is. He is now living another’s life, and he is a stranger in his own body.

On the Morning Commuter Bus

An original story

For Appaloosa Radio

 CHAPTER 2

Many contemporary hi-tech employees ride express commuter buses daily to and from their work sites. Larry Jay Connors is just one of the many. He is a numbers guy, a veritable filing cabinet for numbers, whose specialty is making fiscal projections, doing benefit analyses, and generating cost-to-price determinations.

Unfortunately, Larry is also a “quasi social isolate” who stares at his own shoes to avoid eye contact with others. As the story begins, Larry’s personal life has been reduced to doing his laundry, playing with his dog, and watching old movies on television.

One morning, when he boards his usual commuter bus, everything changes. He is no longer who he is. He is now living another’s life, and he is a stranger in his own body.

On the Morning Commuter Bus

An original story

For Appaloosa Radio

CHAPTER 1

Many contemporary hi-tech employees ride express commuter buses daily to and from their work sites. Larry Jay Connors is just one of the many. He is a numbers guy, a veritable filing cabinet for numbers, whose specialty is making fiscal projections, doing benefit analyses, and generating cost-to-price determinations.

Unfortunately, Larry is also a “quasi social isolate” who stares at his own shoes to avoid eye contact with others. As the story begins, Larry’s personal life has been reduced to doing his laundry, playing with his dog, and watching old movies on television.

One morning, when he boards his usual commuter bus, everything changes. He is no longer who he is. He is now living another’s life, and he is a stranger in his own body.

Travelling

by

Pamela Hummel-Morgan

This week we visited some friends in Monterey. They had recently returned from a seven-week trip driving across Europe, putting over 6,000 miles on their rental cars.

Tautologies

By J. J. Mounts-Miller

For Appaloosa Radio

October 2024

I have been thinking a lot about something I read in a magazine. I had read: “Brain waves spike during death.”

Researchers found that in the process of dying, brain activity increases. When it is graphed, it represents a distinct series of sharp, upward spikes. Before these spikes, there is usually a period of low-level dormancy, typically a relatively flat line of limited brain activity. Then, during death, brain wave activity spikes.

This has taken me into an extended philosophical meditation about logical truth and the nature of consciousness.

Here are four micro-stories that I worked up for the Summer 2024 Micro-Write Challenge. All are extremely short, ranging from 116 to 465 words.

They are:

·        Shoes – a basketball story

·        The Man with the Perpetual Cough – a western character sketch

·        Risk Averse – taking risks as a senior adult

·        My English Teacher was a Space Alien – a fictional memoir 

Enjoy!

J.J. Mounts-Miller

Appaloosa Radio offers

An original musical story

Skirts Swayin’

Celebrating the infectious rhythms of Western swing music

It happened in Fort Worth, Texas in the summer of 1928. It could not have happened anywhere else. It could not have happened at another time. No one else could have done it.

A cigar salesman with a rich baritone voice, a barber who was also the best fiddle player in Texas, and a fifteen-year-old waitress who loved to dance.

Together, they created a style of music that still exists today. A style of music that is now the official music style  for the state of Texas. Some called it Texas Swing. Most people just called it dance music.

They were Milt Brown, Mollie Perkins, and Jim-Bob Wills.

This is Mollie’s story.

Act 1

-           Deep in the Heart of Texas  ##

-           Panhandle Rag  ##

-           Thanks for Your Letter ##

-           Come and Kiss Me, Goodbye  ##

-           Oh, Miss Mollie               ##

-           Star Spangled Banner  ##

-           Boot Kickin’ Dance Music

-           Times is Hard

-           Feelin’ Rhythm in the Air

-           Swingin’ Western Style

## - historical music from 1945 Armed Forces Radio broadcast

Act 2

-           Lonesome Prairie Polka

-           Boot Kickin’ Dance Music

-           Brandin’ My Man with Love

-           Breakfast for a Texas Man

-           Crystal Springs

-           Dr. Lawson’s Little Pills

-           Zip-Zip Zipper *

-           Pass them Biscuits

-           Country Howdown

*Historical music performed by Light Crust Doughboys

Act 3

-           Truth Wars Against My Heart

-           Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins  YY

-           When I was Young and Handsome  YY

-           Galveston-Town Blues

-           Hand and Hand, We Face the Sea (Glorious Morning)

-           Melody Ranch Two-Step

-           San Antonio Rose zz

-           Fort Worth Molly

-           Silver Wings

 YYHistorical music performed by Texas Jim Robertson

zzHistorical music performed by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys

Disclaimer:

This is a work of fiction built around historical circumstances. Molly Perkins as depicted in this work is a fictional character. She does not represent any person alive or dead.

Original music composed using Suno-AI and Soundful software.

Historical music was drawn from the American Armed Forces Radio Network Archives, Archive Number 3, 1945.  It was accessed through the Internet Archive. Org website on May 11, 2024.

Appaloosa Radio offers

An original musical story

Skirts Swayin’

Celebrating the infectious rhythms of Western swing music

It happened in Fort Worth, Texas in the summer of 1928. It could not have happened anywhere else. It could not have happened at another time. No one else could have done it.

A cigar salesman with a rich baritone voice, a barber who was also the best fiddle player in Texas, and a fifteen-year-old waitress who loved to dance.

Together, they created a style of music that still exists today. A style of music that is now the official music style  for the state of Texas. Some called it Texas Swing. Most people just called it dance music.

They were Milt Brown, Mollie Perkins, and Jim-Bob Wills.

This is Mollie’s story.

Act 1

-           Deep in the Heart of Texas  ##

-           Panhandle Rag  ##

-           Thanks for Your Letter ##

-           Come and Kiss Me, Goodbye  ##

-           Oh, Miss Mollie               ##

-           Star Spangled Banner  ##

-           Boot Kickin’ Dance Music

-           Times is Hard

-           Feelin’ Rhythm in the Air

-           Swingin’ Western Style

## - historical music from 1945 Armed Forces Radio broadcast

Act 2

-           Lonesome Prairie Polka

-           Boot Kickin’ Dance Music

-           Brandin’ My Man with Love

-           Breakfast for a Texas Man

-           Crystal Springs

-           Dr. Lawson’s Little Pills

-           Zip-Zip Zipper *

-           Pass them Biscuits

-           Country Howdown

*Historical music performed by Light Crust Doughboys

Act 3

-           Truth Wars Against My Heart

-           Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins  YY

-           When I was Young and Handsome  YY

-           Galveston-Town Blues

-           Hand and Hand, We Face the Sea (Glorious Morning)

-           Melody Ranch Two-Step

-           San Antonio Rose zz

-           Fort Worth Molly

-           Silver Wings

 YYHistorical music performed by Texas Jim Robertson

zzHistorical music performed by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys

Disclaimer:

This is a work of fiction built around historical circumstances. Molly Perkins as depicted in this work is a fictional character. She does not represent any person alive or dead.

Original music composed using Suno-AI and Soundful software.

Historical music was drawn from the American Armed Forces Radio Network Archives, Archive Number 3, 1945.  It was accessed through the Internet Archive. Org website on May 11, 2024.

Appaloosa Radio offers

An original musical story

Skirts Swayin’

Celebrating the infectious rhythms of Western swing music

It happened in Fort Worth, Texas in the summer of 1928. It could not have happened anywhere else. It could not have happened at another time. No one else could have done it.

A cigar salesman with a rich baritone voice, a barber who was also the best fiddle player in Texas, and a fifteen-year-old waitress who loved to dance.

Together, they created a style of music that still exists today. A style of music that is now the official music style  for the state of Texas. Some called it Texas Swing. Most people just called it dance music.

They were Milt Brown, Mollie Perkins, and Jim-Bob Wills.

This is Mollie’s story.

Act 1

-           Deep in the Heart of Texas  ##

-           Panhandle Rag  ##

-           Thanks for Your Letter ##

-           Come and Kiss Me, Goodbye  ##

-           Oh, Miss Mollie               ##

-           Star Spangled Banner  ##

-           Boot Kickin’ Dance Music

-           Times is Hard

-           Feelin’ Rhythm in the Air

-           Swingin’ Western Style

## - historical music from 1945 Armed Forces Radio broadcast

Act 2

-           Lonesome Prairie Polka

-           Boot Kickin’ Dance Music

-           Brandin’ My Man with Love

-           Breakfast for a Texas Man

-           Crystal Springs

-           Dr. Lawson’s Little Pills

-           Zip-Zip Zipper *

-           Pass them Biscuits

-           Country Howdown

*Historical music performed by Light Crust Doughboys

Act 3

-           Truth Wars Against My Heart

-           Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins  YY

-           When I was Young and Handsome  YY

-           Galveston-Town Blues

-           Hand and Hand, We Face the Sea (Glorious Morning)

-           Melody Ranch Two-Step

-           San Antonio Rose zz

-           Fort Worth Molly

-           Silver Wings

 YYHistorical music performed by Texas Jim Robertson

zzHistorical music performed by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys

Disclaimer:

This is a work of fiction built around historical circumstances. Molly Perkins as depicted in this work is a fictional character. She does not represent any person alive or dead.

Original music composed using Suno-AI and Soundful software.

Historical music was drawn from the American Armed Forces Radio Network Archives, Archive Number 3, 1945.  It was accessed through the Internet Archive. Org website on May 11, 2024.