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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

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

Nov 6

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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

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

Apr 4

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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

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

Jan 7

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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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ILLUMINATION

Home Alone on New Year’s Eve …

A Time to reflect and to thank my Medium Brothers and Sisters for their support when the bottom of my world dropped out

Jan 1

Colorful ribbon and confetti on sidewalk

Jan 1

Published in
The Howling Owl

A Belated Requiem for Rudy

All he wanted was our family’s love — and God forgive us — love was the one thing we could not give him

2d ago

A Belated Requiem for Rudy

2d ago

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Scrittura

The Lost (and Found)Chapter

To: ”Lying on the Altar of Self-Sacrifice”

3d ago

The Lost (and Found)Chapter

3d ago

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Scrittura

The Secret Chord of King David

A stage play in one act

Nov 5

Rear view of a crowd facing a stage lit by blinding light flash

Nov 5

Published in
The Hub Publication

Chocolates

If love is bought, then love is naught

Nov 5

An opened box of expensive chocolates, sitting on a hard wood surface

Nov 5

Published in
Write Under the Moon

Sex After Sex

Mindless as a fallen phoenix

Nov 4

Phoenix aflame, rising above the sun: abundance of red, orange, yellow and black.

Nov 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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