Art at Lily Childs' February Femmes Fatales

Lily childs' site is multifaceted and seeped deep in fears of the conscience and subconscious. Not only do I deeply admire Lily's thought provoking fiction, but I also admire her for providing a platform for others. This month she has nicknamed February Femmes Fatales. And the 'Femmes Fatales' she's showcased has blown me away with their talent. I'm excited to have engaged with new macabre women writers through Lily's site. Delicious to say the least.  


I am humbled and happy to have my story,  Art, featured today.





Thank you, Lily, not only for the story feature, but that hawt intro. Wow. I totally will write you into a Wicked Woman's Booty Episode for that!

I see a naked baby with wings, bow and a broken arrow pointed at butts! Whether you all are falling in or out of love, managing to maintain, or simply believe it doesn't exist: Happy Valentines!

And yes, the rumors are true. I'm caving and editing my novel, Xscents. I'll be sneaking around here and there, but mainly keeping to myself.  Thanks for all of yuor support!

Love Is... Winners

There is all this stuff I want to say about what you have written about what “Love is..”, but I’ll keep my mouth shut. Because it’s pure and perfect just the way you have said it.

Thank you for being vulnerable.

Thank you for opening your hearts and sharing.

Thank you for being the freaks you are. 

   (this does not include all of you, but most)

It means a lot to me, especially since I’ve known most of you, written with most of you, over several years. This was sort of a soul melt, mind crush, turn on experience. Being able to relate to each other like this makes the world spin and dollar store pens click.

The winner line was a easy pick, although I didn’t realize it at first. It is raw, honest, vulnerable. It slipped into a separate area of my mind none of the other lines touched. It hit a sweet, gnawing place like an over-rubbed scar. Does any of that make sense? Maybe not, but after sleeping on it, I knew this morning it was undoubtedly the winner.

The Winner of the $1 Rotating Love Message Pen Contest Is:

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"Love is the regret you can't imagine life without." 

~ Bryan Doyon  

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Bryan Doyon is a friend of a friend of John Wiswell. Bryan used to write, but hasn’t in a long time. So not only is he getting a pen, I’ll be sending him a notebook (from the dollar store, of course!). No more excuses. Congratulations, Bryan. Please let me know of your first publishing! I’ll be cheering for you.

2nd Place:

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"Love is settling for spooning when you really wanted a fork." 

~ Laurita Miller

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This shines above all others like the north star. Witty, beautiful, naughty and brilliant. Sort of like Laurita herself.

3rd Place:

There were like 5 of you leap frogging over and over in my mind for third place. So, I took a lesson from King Solomon. I split the pen into five separate pieces. But then they grew legs and mouths, screamed and scuttled away. Solomon hadn't said anything about this. Briefly, I wondered if this is what The Queen of Sheba had come to ask him about. No one won third place. I'm sorry.

4th Place: 

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 "Love is a virus which cannot be inoculated against." 

~ David Raffin   

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I don’t have any more pens left. But David told me the other day, after dozens of one liners, which he is infamous for writing anyway, it wasn’t about the pen. It was about the secret of the universe. The secret of the universe wasn’t on the cheesy dollar store pen. But I found it on something else. So he’ll get that.

Honorable Mentions:

There are three types of people in the world. Those who can count and those who can’t. 

I have 10 Honorable mentions:

“Love is…the antibiotic applied to your lover’s wrists once the handcuffs are removed.”

~ Angel Zapata

"Love is....he not only doesn't mind your tentacles...he helps you thread them through the holes in your sweater." ~ Karen Schindler

“Love is a popsicle—lick it until it melts.” ~ Linda Simoni~Wastilla

"Love is always in the heart, even if you buried his in the backyard." ~ Erin Cole

“Love is the hot sauce that makes the taco of life worth eating." ~ Chris Allinotte

"Love is an anagram of vole, coincidentally the only monogamous rodent." 

  ~ Steven Chapman

"Love is...keeping dinner warm for 3 hours while I, "just finish this paragraph." 

  ~ Sam Adamson

"Love is...offering the 1st or last bite. Obsession is offering both." ~ Rob Lundahl

"Love is a sunrise." ~ Sean Monaghan

"Love is a howling snow storm...clouding your vision yet filling your heart with wonder."

~ Alan Davidson

"Love is the click of a pen." ~ Marilyn Simpson

"Love is the radiation that kills cynicism." ~ John Wiswell

"Love is...difficult. It gets in the way of all the fun stuff." ~ Jason Michel

"Love is for angels - and they have a devil of a time with it." ~ Kevin J Mackey

"Love is unrestricted access." ~ Daniel Stine

"Love is a pause, a quickened breath that makes your heart stutter." ~ Lori Titus

"Love is an itch you can't scratch yourself." ~ Trevor Mcpherson

"Love is upside down and inside out, taking the fun and scenic route, always and forever."
~ Nicole Hadaway

"Love is found in the 10 cent store but if you want that in writing it's 10 times more."

~ Harry Sanderford

"Love is the opiate of the Misses." ~ Marc Nash

Read ALL "Love is..." one lines on the original post Here.

And finally, Love is… forever. I plan on putting up a link off to the side or eventually on top. People can continue to keep adding on to the “Love is…” list (previous blog) through comments or email, and I’ll keep adding to that blog post. I think it’s such a wonderful, powerful, random force, every line is precious and I’d like to keep it going. Each and every line contributed is valid, real, and important. Thank you everyone for your participation. 

Thank you to Lynn Alexander and Dave Mathewson for mentioning the original idea on Facebook.

~J. Mac

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Top News Story: Frosty pulls "The Big Icee" on San Antonio

2/3/11
SA End Of Times Reports: 
Using special 7-11 developed icee technology ‘Frosty Snowmans’ have gathered from around the world, using icee guns on  SA civilians. 


“Apparently,” Frederick Warren Jr. new deputy of Little Yarney, Texas,says, “They aim towards the frontal loburlar parts of the brain systems, causin’ the brainstems to remain intack. Therefore, the body keeps functionin’ like a lizard, but the rest is just nuked. Basically, what I’m tryin to say to ya’ll, is the body goes haywire. And people, start actin’ real strange. Like a zombie. In fact, most of ‘em are now. Zombies, that is. Zombies. The Frosty Apocalypse is upon us.”   


Special message from Lowes says, “Board up your windows! 10% off screws. Use tax refund $$$$.” Starbucks is handing out recyclable hand warmers. Jodi Mac is procrastinating choosing a dollar store pen winner. She will be posting sometime tomorrow afternoon. Laredo End Of Times reports three major drug cartels have gathered in peace to discuss the current condition. Shootings have been temporarily called off in the city. Long time resident, Rosalita Gonzales says,"The Frostys are such cold hearted bastards. I do not know where they come from, but they are not welcome in our city. And we will send our people after them." 


Temperature is 27 degrees. Weathermen say it may or may not warm up by tomorrow afternoon.

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