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Hometown:: Little Papio Creek Watershed

About Me:: One inch shorter than Rachmaninov.

Website:: http://otistwelve.com

Books And Authors I Like:: Henry James, Sean Doolittle, Flan O'Brien, Allan Guthrie, Horace, John Rickards, Cervantes, I.J.Parker, Poe, and Henry Miller.

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE

"...There are two types of people in the world. Those who think there are two types of people in the world, and those who don't..."

- D.V.W. 1969

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THE ROMANCE OF CERTAIN OLD CLOTHES

Yesterday, December 27th, at 3:05 CST... I finally typed out my favorite words on this bitch of a ms. that has eaten me alive for seven months... My favorite words? "The End"

Perhaps I will now rejoin the land of the living. But first, there's a naked redhead in the other room...

Posted on December 29, 2007 at 10:01am

So... Everybody died this year and when I finally get in the mood to pick up a book, people keep dying... What's a guy to do? Overwrite... or just get over it?

So he got run over by a car. Thump! End of story? She was beheaded by a news chopper. Finis...........

What is this death? .........

When your heart stops, a sentient sigularity of infinite mass, once worshiped as a Babylonian deity, now mistakenly known by astrophysicists as a black hole, and known to his friends as Manny,sucks all the space out of the molecules in your chest. Cellular membranes shrink like cocks in cold water to cover each likewise contracting testicular… Continue

Posted on June 30, 2007 at 12:33pm

The Anatomy of My Eternal Funk / (Waiting for the coffee to kick in and typing away al fresco at the Blueline in Dundee) / Foreword to Vol. 1

The one-time Vicar of St. Thomas’ Church in Oxford, Robert Burton, said they should probably bleed me. And though he was dead for some 309 years before I was born into my bummer of a life, he was just the sort of guy I listened to. I always ascribed wisdom – no doubt naively – to dead guys who could scribble satirical Latin comedies, identify dried plants, and practice socially acceptable forms of pedantry. Discovering his work, bound in a flayed and lacquered skin of some bovine sort at the… Continue

Posted on June 29, 2007 at 1:29am — 1 Comment

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How many "friends" must one get to recieve a chit that can be redeemed for a pair of X-Ray Specs?

Just wondering...

Posted on June 27, 2007 at 9:39pm — 3 Comments

So... what if?

It's been a long, challenging year. So... what if I broke out of my self-imposed isolation? I will consider the implications.

Posted on June 27, 2007 at 5:50am — 1 Comment

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At 9:23pm on January 30, 2008, Alison Bruce said…: Funnily enough the last time I saw her she was saying nice things about you too so I think it's mutual...

At 4:52am on January 30, 2008, Alison Bruce said…: Hi, Saw you receive your Dagger, well done, hope all's going well.

At 11:36pm on January 18, 2008, Poisonguy said…: Here's Laudanum right back at ya...

At 1:27am on January 3, 2008, Darren Laws said…: If I knew everything about myself, I wouldn't want to be my friend! I think the fun in knowing people is constantly being surprised by them and having them challenge your thoughts or impressions of them. Writers of fiction, especially crime fiction are consumate liars, so if I told you the truth would you believe me?

At 2:23pm on October 31, 2007, MysteryDawg said…: Hey Otis, how are you?
Aldo

At 2:21pm on August 15, 2007, Krystal Waters said…: Hello Otis, I was stopping by to say hello, introduce myself. You are on my friends list and I am trying to get around to everyone.

Your blogs are really interesting.

Kristine

At 4:58am on July 20, 2007, Elizabeth Zelvin said…: Thanks for the comment, Otis. About the burdens therapists like your wife and me carry, as a debut author I now have TWO careers about which most people say, "Don't give up your day job!" ;) Liz

At 2:58pm on July 17, 2007, Jon Jordan said…: Otis,

The barmat drink is called a "Fuck You". After drinking the reason becomes very apparent.

Saw the arc for Jennifer's anthology. Your story is great!

At 1:26am on June 30, 2007, Paul Guyot said…: I actually thought you were taller than Rachi.

At 5:03am on June 29, 2007, Iain Rowan said…: Hi Otis. Good to see you here.