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Jay Squires

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The Howling Owl

We Watched as Lawrence, Kansas Was Reduced to a Nuclear Wasteland

Was art imitating life — or would/will life soon be imitating art?

Nov 6, 2024

We Watched as Lawrence, Kansas Was Reduced to a Nuclear Wasteland

Nov 6, 2024

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About Me Stories

About Me — Jay Squires

A cautionary tale (with a takeaway): how this writer chose to cook up his life from scratch without a recipe

Apr 4, 2024

A long winding, sandy road, with wild roses at the beginning — the road stretching far into the distance

Apr 4, 2024

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Ellemeno

What Stephen King, Mrs. Bain, and Yours Truly Have in Common

Even when popular opinion is against us — sometimes, we must take a stand

Jan 7, 2024

What Stephen King, Mrs. Bain, and Yours Truly Have in Common

Jan 7, 2024

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The Writing Cooperative

Don’t Distance Your Readers by Leaving Your Subtitles Turned On

A simple technique to keep your readers in the alternate world you’ve created

Nov 21, 2023

Ripe, red tomatoes against a canvas background; Scrabble tiles spell out “Tomatoes”

Nov 21, 2023

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Write Under the Moon

The Geezer and the Losers

Something to talk about at the 50th reunion

Apr 18

An older man looking forward, posing for a photo.

Apr 18

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Write Under the Moon

The Grieving Woman

Today, I didn’t feel too good about myself

Apr 14

The Grieving Woman

Apr 14

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Write Under the Moon

On That Day I Almost Walked Out in the Middle of My Vasectomy

Why couldn’t the urologist understand the chopping block is neither the time nor the place for humor?

Apr 9

On That Day I Almost Walked Out in the Middle of My Vasectomy

Apr 9

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The Lark

Scene 19 of Genius in Love (Finale)

Your reserved seat in the audience awaits you

Apr 7

Scene 19 of Genius in Love (Finale)

Apr 7

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The Lark

Scene 18 of Genius in Love

Your reserved seat in the audience awaits you

Apr 4

Scene 18 of Genius in Love

Apr 4

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The Lark

Scene 17 of Genius in Love

Your reserved seat in the audience awaits you

Apr 4

Scene 17 of Genius in Love

Apr 4

Jay Squires

Jay Squires

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I AM an AUTHOR, salesman, optimist, dreamer: May the four always COHABIT & produce wondrous progeny. IN THE SWIRLING POOL OF LIFE, I'm an unflushable floater.

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