| The Mob
| | THE MOB BY KEITH LAUFENBERG -1- THE WAIT Patience provoked often turns to fury.---Publilius Syrus, Sententiae. No. 289. ���A mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Emerson,... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 04-08-05 |
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| THE KILLING FIELDS
| | *Previously published in Pleiades Magazine, 1998. Lakewood, Colorado. *THE KILLING FIELDS BY KEITH LAUFENBERG -1- THE STORY The desire for riches is their ruling passion.---Duc De La... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 01-08-05 |
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| THE GUN
| | *Previously published in First Step Press, Vol. 3, Issue 3, 1999. Norristown, PA. *THE GUN BY KEITH LAUFENBERG -1- THE PURCHASE Maurice â??MoJoâ?? Johnson stuffed the .44 Magnum into an inside the pants... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 28-07-05 |
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| THE ANTS
| | *Previously published in The Pink Chameleon, Issue # 6, July 2005. THE ANTS By Keith Laufenberg -1- THE INVASION When they came to the Valley of the Ants, an ant said: â??Go into your dwellings, ants,... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 14-07-05 |
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| Bad Medicine
| | BAD MEDICINE BY KEITH LAUFENBERG A physician is a person who pours drugs of which he knows little into a body of which he knows less.---Voltaire. (Helps, Friends in Council, ii, 10.) Teresa Stein... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 07-07-05 |
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| Fly the Friendly Skies
| | FLY THE FRIENDLY SKIES BY KEITH LAUFENBERG -1- THE DECISION Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive. Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Ch. 11. David Thomas stared at the... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 07-07-05 |
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| CHRISTMAS
| | *Previously published in Philae Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 7, 1999; Northern Stars Magazine, Jan/Feb, 2000 and The Legions of Light, Winter 2001. *CHRISTMAS BY KEITH LAUFENBERG Christmas is here again. It... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 07-07-05 |
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| BUFFALO SOLDIER
| | *Previously published in Northern Stars Magazine, 1999, Powers, MI. *BUFFALO SOLDIER BY KEITH LAUFENBERG Cain said to the Lord, â??My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 07-07-05 |
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| TWO FOR THE NIGHT
| | *previously published in Down in the Dirt, Issue # 20,April, 2005. TWO FOR THE NIGHT BY KEITH LAUFENBERG â??1â?? THE CHEESE LINE Opportunity makes a thief.---Francis Bacon, Letter to the Earl of Essex.... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 07-07-05 |
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| Life Without
| | LIFE WITHOUT BY KEITH LAUFENBERG -1- THE CAT To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. Amiel, Journal, l7Dec., 1856. I shared a dorm room with Clarence â??The Catâ?? Carson, for... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-07-05 |
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| Charlie Half-Court
| | CHARLIE HALF-COURT BY KEITH LAUFENBERG In 1950, sportswriters were asked to pick the greatest all-around male athlete of that half-century. The overwhelming choice was a Sauk-Fox Indian named Jim... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-07-05 |
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| LIBERTY CITY
| | *Previously published in www.authorme.com, on March, 2005 & www.oraculartree.com, on April, 2005. *FORWARD This story takes place in the 60â??s; is it relevant today, in the 21st century? I believe so,... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-07-05 |
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| Big Sugar
| | BIG SUGAR BY KEITH LAUFENBERG -1- THE PORT God the first garden made and the first city Cain.---Abraham Cowley, The Garden. Thomas Wang strode resolutely across the glistening terrazzo floor at New... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-07-05 |
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| Kayo's Last Fight
| | KAYOâ??S LAST FIGHT BY KEITH LAUFENBERG -1- THE STORY If the works of the great poets teach anything, it is to hold mere invention somewhat cheap. It is not the finding of a thing, but the making of... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-07-05 |
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| THE SNAKE
| | *First published in Pleiades, 2000. Lakewood, CO. *THE SNAKE BY KEITH LAUFENBERG â??1â?? THE CHASE Nature teaches beasts to know their friends. Shakespeare. Coriolanus. Act ii, sc. 1, 1. 6. The daylight... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-07-05 |
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| IN THE GREAT STATE OF
| | *Previously published, in slightly different form, in Struggle, Winter-Spring 1999-20000. Vol. 15, No.2-Vol. 16, No.1. *IN THE GREAT STATE OF BY KEITH LAUFENBERG -1- THE BREEZE A mind forever Voyaging... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-07-05 |
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| DOUBLE-O
| | *Previously published in Philae Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, 1998. *DOUBLE-O BY KEITH LAUFENBERG Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-07-05 |
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| D.O.A.
| | *Previously published in Crimson Rivers, Vol. 2, 2000. D.O.A. BY KEITH LAUFENBERG -1- MONEY Thy money perish with thee.---New Testament: Acts, viii, 20. Barbara Patterson scowled at her 12 year old... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-07-05 |
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| LEAVING L.A.
| | Previously published in The Story Shop VII, 1998, Amarillo, Texas. LEAVING L.A. BY KEITH LAUFENBERG L.A. proved too much for the man, too much for the man, He couldnâ??t make it so heâ??s leaving a life... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-07-05 |
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| 'BIG MAC WITH ONIONS
| | *Previously published in The Story Shop VII, 1998, Amarillo, Texas. BIG MAC (with onions) BY KEITH LAUFENBERG And when I am King---as King I will beâ?¦..there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-07-05 |
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| 'The Soul Not For Sale'
| | THE SOULâ??S NOT FOR SALE BY KEITH LAUFENBERG -1- THE LAND The whole white race is a monster who is always hungry, and what he eats is land. Chiksika, Shawnee. One does not sell the earth upon which... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-07-05 |
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| MORE
| | MORE BY KEITH LAUFENBERG I remember back when I was young, So many stories of this life I have sung. Back then, when I didnâ??t know the score, All I knew for sure was that I wanted more. More of the... | | Words: | 372 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Public |
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| THE DEVIL AT WORK
| | THE DEVIL AT WORK BY KEITH LAUFENBERG -1- THE CITY From cities humming with a restless crowd, Sordid as active, ignorant as loud, Whose highest praise is that they live in vain, The dupes of pleasure... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 08-05-05 |
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| THE DEVIL AT WORK
| | THE DEVIL AT WORK BY KEITH LAUFENBERG I woke up this morning with a terrible headache, I wish I knew then, that my soul was at stake. For, the previous night, during the dusky dark hours, The Devil... | | Words: | 314 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Public |
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| WE LIE
| | *Previously published in Pleiades, Vol. 13, No.7, 1998. WE LIE BY KEITH LAUFENBERG How did I feel this morning? She questioned with a sigh, Good-good, I replied, knowing, itâ??s a lie. Weâ??re two and... | | Words: | 349 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Public |
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| THE SYSTEM
| | *Previously published in Pleiades, 1998. THE SYSTEM BY KEITH LAUFENBERG The big semi-trailer truck rolled down the highway at a fast rate, Because the driver didnâ??t wish to be late. He stepped down on... | | Words: | 502 | | Comments: | 1 | | Status: | Public |
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| FRIENDS
| | *Previoualy published Pleaides, 1998.... | | Words: | 283 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Public |
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| THE PLAN
| | *Previously published in Philae Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 7, 1999. *THE PLAN BY KEITH LAUFENBERG The plan was made by a bunch of politicians in D.C., They said we know what will work you just wait and... | | Words: | 463 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Public |
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| MIRRORS & SMOKE
| | *Previously published in the Epic Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1998.... | | Words: | 256 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Public |
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