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Oct 9, 2024 | 
medium.com | Jim Dutton
FICTION | HISTORICAL FICTIONCasitasJim Dutton·FollowPublished inThe Howling Owl·4 min read·--Photo by Thomas Werneken on UnsplashTo read all four parts of this story as they are published, or catch up from the beginning of the series, please visit the story index here: The Last Instar. Thomas had made arrangements with our university, Florida Oceanic Institute, to use the research vessel R/V Robert Bolen for our dive trip off the eastern coast of the Florida peninsula.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
medium.com | Jim Dutton
FICTION | HISTORICAL FICTIONMoltingJim Dutton·FollowPublished inThe Howling Owl·4 min read·--Photo by Katarzyna Pracuch on UnsplashTo read all four parts of this story as they are published, or catch up from the beginning of the series, please visit the story index here: The Last Instar. “It always begins with a crack along the centerline — a fissure in a relationship from head to tail,” he explained, pulling apart the shell of a perfectly-grilled Spiny Lobster.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
medium.com | Jim Dutton
Paris is the place where we foundlight within our hearts under thetower as we kissed and promisedwe would never part. Time and turmoil took their toll soI returned alone to see howlight can lose its shine, and onlydarkness dwells here now. Rainclouds press against the night withshrouds along the river whereghosts of gaieties-past now hunch theirshoulders and shiver. Life without you here is like acanvas cut and shredded so thefragments of a masterpiece haunt mydreams with might-have-beens.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Jim Dutton |Jim Sciutto |Lawrence Freedman |John Sullivan
In This Review In This Review The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World WarSciutto, CNN’s chief national security correspondent, describes Russia’s war against Ukraine and China’s threats toward Taiwan, suggesting that Moscow’s success could embolden Beijing. The analysis is not particularly original, as it is drawn from interviews with senior policymakers and military figures and so reflects their concerns.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
medium.com | Jim Dutton
Journals stacked and sorted containstories with no endings tellinglies about the lives and deeds ofsaints who don’t exist. Projects started long ago withurgency of purpose lay likescenes from guilty dreams in dustypiles upon the floor. Quilts we framed from threadbare friendshipsremnants worn by time and distanceseams we thought were strong, now raveledtatters of our past.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
medium.com | Jim Dutton
It falls from the sky and catches the lightThe first glimpse of perfection I have seenI study it till it melts out of sightAnd wonder what its falling might mean. The air glistens and sparkles with promiseAs they fall from the sky and catch the lightI run through the flurry with a purposeTo taste them all — and I think I just might. But the quest to have them consumes my lifeI am made of them, and they are just meAs they fill the sky and smother the lightI shiver and fear their cold symmetry.
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Nov 24, 2023 | 
prescottenews.com | Jim Dutton
The Yavapai County Chapter of the Conservatives for a Constitutional Republic (ConCR) will host Mr. Randy Miller, Director of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association at their upcoming meeting, Saturday, November 25, at the Bible Baptist Church in Chino Valley. The meeting is free and open to the public. Doors open at 10:45am. The meeting will begin promptly at 11:15am. Seating is limited and an RSVP is requested.
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
prescottenews.com | Jim Dutton
The local chapter of Yavapai County’s Conservatives for a Constitutional Republic (ConCR) has announced that former Arizona Attorney General Candidate, Abe Hamadeh, will speak at their upcoming meeting this Saturday, October 28th, in Chino Valley. The meeting is free and open to the public but seating is limited. Those wishing to attend are asked to RSVP. Mr. Hamadeh had remained in the news since his strong showing in the 2022 general election for Attorney General.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
medium.com | Jim Dutton
I stood at the edge of the stage and took my bow, as I had done many times before. Theater an der Wien had been my home almost as long as Vienna herself. The smoky exhalations of the audience perfumed the cavernous space with expectation and judgment. A useful abstraction of a thousand messy lives - a single organism that emits applause for me and my work. Though I could no longer hear it, I imagined it was thunderous and enthusiastic. Yet my mood remained dark.
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Sep 23, 2023 | 
medium.com | Jim Dutton
Love and hope in difficult times Demon tears and baby breaths Each of us of a certain age has probably fought a one-way battle to preserve a friendship, partnership, or love only to win the battle and lose the war. I know some of my friends here on Medium know what I mean. Thanks to the folks at Paper PoetryJim Dutton © 2023 Also, see my collection of Sci-Fi Flash Fiction - stories so short you can read them without blinking! for this thought-provoking prompt.
