Turkey Prejudices

Following up on last week’s Turkeys and a Cautious Squirrel, we note a concern with our WildLife‘s social skills.

Specifically with some Turkeys.

We learn some Turkeys do not like Squirrels.

Regular readers may remember Agnes’s Chippie War Dance when an aberrant chipmunk thought to oust her from her pile of seeds.

That was a different issue, however.

Property rights (we suspect Agnes learned property rights from some of our neighbors).

Oh, if I’m to be accurate (why start now?) it’s more like resource issues and such is more in the mindsets of The Wild.

And being completely honest, would you want squirrels around if you were a Turkey?

Nasty little things, you know…the way they watch you…just waiting for you to drop a peanut or a seed or –God Forbid! – a cookie!

Okay, okay, okay. We put out food for our Squirrels, too.

 

S.E. Reed’s “Definitely Dead” now in Rabbit Hole V anthology

I’m lucky enough to have my work included in The Rabbit Hole Volume 5: Just…Plain…Weird anthology along with quite a group of talented authors. I especially love the teaser

Welcome to the Rabbit Hole. On our fifth excursion into the warren of the odd, 37 authors lead us down their own little burrows of strangeness : an army of penguins, music that cures, aliens that communicate through old cartoons, images of the future that save, unwanted visions of the now, and, oh yes, it is raining lawyers. All have one thing in common, they are just…plain…weird.
Weird can be funny, weird can be sad, weird can be thoughtful, weird can be mad, but the one thing in common is that weird shares experiences you have, thankfully, never had.
Just be careful, all little bunnies are not nice, but they are memorable.

 
About the Author
S.E. Reed has lived all over the United States which gives her a unique American perspective. Many of her pieces have a strong southern theme, but she also likes to dabble in the strange, the bizarre and the fantastical. Her debut YA contemporary novel, My Heart is Hurting, is being released July 2023 by Wild Ink Publishing. You can follow her on Twitter or visit her website.

 
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Tom Howard’s “Aphrodite’s Mirror” now in Rabbit Hole V anthology

I’m lucky enough to have my work included in The Rabbit Hole Volume 5: Just…Plain…Weird anthology along with quite a group of talented authors. I especially love the teaser

Welcome to the Rabbit Hole. On our fifth excursion into the warren of the odd, 37 authors lead us down their own little burrows of strangeness : an army of penguins, music that cures, aliens that communicate through old cartoons, images of the future that save, unwanted visions of the now, and, oh yes, it is raining lawyers. All have one thing in common, they are just…plain…weird.
Weird can be funny, weird can be sad, weird can be thoughtful, weird can be mad, but the one thing in common is that weird shares experiences you have, thankfully, never had.
Just be careful, all little bunnies are not nice, but they are memorable.

 
About the Author
Tom Howard is a science fiction and fantasy short story writer with over one hundred and twenty-five short stories sold. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas and recently retired from working around the world as a banking software consultant. He has four children who, along with his grandson, provide him with a great number of story ideas.
He’s had careers in the US Air Force working as a communications analyst for NSA and as a Titan missile officer. He’s worked in corporate America as a technical writer and an analyst for financial systems. He founded the Central Arkansas Speculative Fiction Writers’ Group for critiquing local writers (and appreciates them every day). Originally from the South Bend, Washington, Tom has lived in Germany, England, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines.
Tom collects and self-publishes his sold short stories in anthologies available on Amazon: Collected Science Fiction, Volume 1, Collected Fantasy, Volume 1, and Superworld Stories, Volume 1. He’s currently working on volume 2 versions of each of the anthologies. He’s also working on several novels, including book three of his Three Desert Roses epic fantasy and book three of his Aurora space opera series.
You can find his work on amazon.

 
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Zen Benefiel Chat Snippet #2 – Hold People Accountable

Continuing from yesterday’s Zen Benefiel Chat – Road Rage and Not Living as Grandpa Intended, here’s a snippet about holding people accountable

Many thanks to Zen Benefiel for having me take part in his One World in a New World series.

You can find the full conversation on Youtube.

In the meantime, please enjoy Holding People Accountable.

 
AND!!!
I’ll give an autographed copy of The Augmented Man to the first five people who comment on the chat (with extra points if you can find my flubs).

Zen Benefiel Chat – Road Rage and Not Living as Grandpa Intended

I am blessed.

Some time between now (as I write this) and tomorrow (same time, different day), Zen Benefiel will publish a conversation we had as part of his One World in a New World series.

I’ll be posting snippets from the full conversation (and be sure to watch for my flubs). You can find the full conversation on Youtube.

In the meantime, please enjoy Road Rage and Not Living as Grandpa Intended.

 
AND!!!
I’ll give an autographed copy of The Augmented Man to the first five people who comment on the chat (with extra points if you can find my flubs).