Wordsmith Holler https://wordsmithholler.com Original Pulp Fiction Sun, 01 Nov 2026 19:14:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordsmithholler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-WordSmithHoller8080-32x32.png Wordsmith Holler https://wordsmithholler.com 32 32 Sheep May Safely Graze: Sheep May Safely Graze (Part 5) https://wordsmithholler.com/sheep-may-safely-graze-the-note-and-the-map/ https://wordsmithholler.com/sheep-may-safely-graze-the-note-and-the-map/#respond Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:56:39 +0000 https://wordsmithholler.com/?p=5853 Xabier did not sleep. He sat at the workbench with the note and the map and the gun. Xabier tried to remember writing the words. He could not. At some point his hand went to the back of his neck. It did that when he was tired. There was a little ridge of scar at […]

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]]> https://wordsmithholler.com/sheep-may-safely-graze-the-note-and-the-map/feed/ 0 Sheep May Safely Graze: Sheep May Safely Graze (Part 4) https://wordsmithholler.com/sheep-safely-graze-old-red-sun/ https://wordsmithholler.com/sheep-safely-graze-old-red-sun/#respond Sat, 31 Oct 2026 20:18:57 +0000 https://wordsmithholler.com/?p=5793 The two suns climbed the west sky. One was an old red sun, fat and slow. The other was a small white point, sharp as a needle. It had not been there when Xabier first came to the Slydal Plain. He had stopped wondering about it. A planet this far out could keep whatever stars it liked.

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]]> https://wordsmithholler.com/sheep-safely-graze-old-red-sun/feed/ 0 The Zepplin of Lost Souls (Part One) https://wordsmithholler.com/the-zeppelin-of-lost-souls-1939-zeppelin-adventure/ https://wordsmithholler.com/the-zeppelin-of-lost-souls-1939-zeppelin-adventure/#respond Sat, 31 Oct 2026 05:21:41 +0000 https://wordsmithholler.com/?p=5783 1939 Zeppelin adventureAs war looms over the continent, a new hydrogen zeppelin, the Nordstern, slips her moorings in Frankfurt bound for New York. An original short story written in the style of 1930’s Pulp Fiction, this tale is a thrilling 1939 zeppelin adventure. Rhein-Main Airfield, Frankfurt, June 1939 The steward held out a silver tray. “Matches, mein […]

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]]> https://wordsmithholler.com/the-zeppelin-of-lost-souls-1939-zeppelin-adventure/feed/ 0 The Spill of Sangria Blood: A Little Game of Cat and Mouse https://wordsmithholler.com/a-little-game-of-cat-and-mouse/ https://wordsmithholler.com/a-little-game-of-cat-and-mouse/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:45:17 +0000 https://wordsmithholler.com/?p=5731 A Little Game of Cat and MouseIn this final part of A Spill of Sangria Blood, zoo security guard Torely Stone comes face-to-face with the killer of his best friend Tom Dantry. Of course, he's nearly killed himself, goes on a wild chase, and finally corners the killer behind the elephant enclosure

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]]> https://wordsmithholler.com/shattered-echoes-in-a-shadow-prism/feed/ 0 The Spill of Sangria Blood: Dances With The Devil https://wordsmithholler.com/dances-with-the-devil/ https://wordsmithholler.com/dances-with-the-devil/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 06:20:16 +0000 https://wordsmithholler.com/?p=5713 Part Three: The Spill of Sangria Blood (Torely Stone continues to investigate the death of Tom Dantry by interviewing suspects Jenna Shaw and Rachel Holt. He also comes face-to-face with the killer and pays the price as he dances with the devil in the third part of the novella The Spill of Sangria Blood.) The […]

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]]> https://wordsmithholler.com/dances-with-the-devil/feed/ 0 Garbage In, Garbage Out https://wordsmithholler.com/garbage-in-garbage-out/ https://wordsmithholler.com/garbage-in-garbage-out/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:20:58 +0000 https://wordsmithholler.com/?p=5717 What are the odds it can become #autonomous?Well, it is a garbage can.Sure, but it has Bluetooth, right?Only so it can talk to the refrigerator.Why?To keep track of the leftovers. © 2024, Michael Shawn Sommermeyer. All rights reserved.

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]]> https://wordsmithholler.com/garbage-in-garbage-out/feed/ 0 Dirty Politics https://wordsmithholler.com/dirty-politics/ https://wordsmithholler.com/dirty-politics/#respond Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:43:07 +0000 https://wordsmithholler.com/?p=5650 Dirty PoliiticsHow do you know if it's dirty politics?

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]]> https://wordsmithholler.com/dirty-politics/feed/ 0 The Spill of Sangria Blood: As Ornamental As a One-legged Flamingo.  https://wordsmithholler.com/murder-in-the-zoo/ https://wordsmithholler.com/murder-in-the-zoo/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:48:32 +0000 https://wordsmithholler.com/?p=5628 [Following the murder in the zoo, Torely Stone faces new questions and an attempt on his life. He comes close to chasing down the murderer, but must settle of finding an important clue. Oh, and, someone threatens to kill him for good in Part 2 of The Spill of Sangria Blood.] Eli and I moved […]

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]]> https://wordsmithholler.com/murder-in-the-zoo/feed/ 0 The Spill of Sangria Blood: The Lions Sleep Tonight https://wordsmithholler.com/the-spill-of-sangria-blood-part-one/ https://wordsmithholler.com/the-spill-of-sangria-blood-part-one/#respond Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:49:00 +0000 http://wordsmithholler.com/?p=4228 From the wound, a stream of sangria-colored blood spilled onto the brick path.

This murder ended the life of my good friend Tom Danty.

I have a reputation to seek justice, which I plan to do even if it takes giving up my retirement job as a zoo security guard to find the killer.

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