A Bronx Fall

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Sixty years ago I became a Bronx baseball legend for 5 seconds.

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…been nearly sixty years, but I’ll never forget my ninth birthday. It fell on a pleasant, early autumn Sunday. Unlike previous years, there was no party or exuberant family celebration. In fact, my ninth birthday promised to be a rather bleak one. My father’s terminal bout with cancer had reduced him to a…

By Mark Blickley

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Brainard Bullion: Creative Consultant

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This is an ekphrasis fiction collaboration between myself and photographer Dario Saraceno

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…do I look like to you? Don’t be shy. Do you find me attractive? Repulsive? Charming? Scary? How about determined?  

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Brainard Bullion and I am a certifiable creativity coach, a conduit to the sacred hermaphroditical muse, CYN.  I reside in a Long Beach, New York rental unit that offers a partial oceanfront view. My passions include somersaulting in the nude and doing…


By Mark Blickley

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