Category Archives: New Jersey

Fossils

Posted on October 14, 2023 by michaelstephendaigle

The sun will consume us in a few billion years. Gas billows blow across space, so quick in an instant we won’t have time to look up to call to scream to whisper those last unsaid words; dust. The gray … Continue reading →

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Tired of war

Posted on September 12, 2023 by michaelstephendaigle

Tired of war. Tired of towers falling Of remembering battles with piled dead Of reasons that have no truth Blustering babble, too much noise From thrust out medaled chests, Fists raised then pounding Launching sky shrieking Red-tailed smoke filled sunsets … Continue reading →

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Mending fences

Posted on August 12, 2023 by michaelstephendaigle

I started this story in the spring, intending to enter it in a holiday story contest. I didn’t read the rules carefully enough: It was a Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday contest, and this is a July 4  story. It’s not done and … Continue reading →

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Nagler 6: NAGLER’S SECRET. Who is the yearbook girl?

Posted on July 31, 2023 by michaelstephendaigle

Emerging in book six of The Frank Nagler mysteries, NAGLER’S SECRET is the identity of a woman who has appeared as a redhead, in a couple of blurry snapshots, and might be a women in an undated Polaroid photo in … Continue reading →

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Nagler 6: Internet tag

Posted on June 11, 2023 by michaelstephendaigle

In the Frank Nagler Mystery work-in-progress, NAGLER’S SECRET, a woman with changing hair color and a hidden past has been flitting at the edges of the story. In this scene with reporter Jimmy Dawson, she begins her slide into the … Continue reading →

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Stand with the theater kids as they stand up to censors

Posted on May 31, 2023 by michaelstephendaigle

Cheers to some  Fort Wayne, Indiana high school thespians who defied religious censors and the local school board, which banned the play, by performing it on their own outside the  school. The play featured roles  of interchangeable sexuality and clearly … Continue reading →

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Not yet, we say. Not yet

Posted on May 16, 2023 by michaelstephendaigle

1. We are surprised when the darkness lands. It is never our time; hope fractured. Because we always  hope. New companions: The broken heart, the fear, the endless closing shade That makes it hard to breathe; The creeping loneliness, some … Continue reading →

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Nagler 6: Inventing Irv Bernstein

Posted on May 10, 2023 by michaelstephendaigle

Irving Bernstein as a character resulted from a conversation that began with a talk about a black fedora. It ran onto a talk about bad suits sold at a famous discount store. And then he showed up in my work … Continue reading →

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Hey mystery readers, join me at these May events

Posted on May 1, 2023 by michaelstephendaigle

I’ll be attending three outstanding book events in May, joining dozens of wonderful writers. Thanks to the organizers for holding the events. Thanks to Roz Lee and the volunteers for staging the  8th Annual Days of Wine and Romance and … Continue reading →

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Four events in April and May

Posted on April 23, 2023 by michaelstephendaigle

I’ll be attending four outstanding book events in April and May, joining dozens of wonderful writers. Thanks to the organizers for holding the events. April 29-30: The 8th Annual Days of Wine and Romance and More. Noon to 4 p.m. … Continue reading →

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