Mitchell L Peterson

Posts By Mitchell L Peterson

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  DogHouse Manifesto

  Grandpa

  The slate grey winter sky hung low, perilously to the ground. The horizon seemed a million miles away, flat and plain and...

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  When the Lion Smiles

  Chapt. 5- Part 7 “Monday… The Beginning of the End”

  He would rather have closed his shop early and gone home but he knew that the Cop would be good to his...

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  Stories

  Chapt. 5- Part 6 “Monday… The Beginning of the End”

       “The Guard of the Finance gave us a copy of your tax records!”  Perer shouted as he slammed a fist...

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  Fire Good

  You know those tests in women’s magazines? “Sex- how to know if you are satisfying your man in bed?” or “Sex- what he thinks he...

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  Football & Best Friends

  Walter Griffiths tried to kill me the first time we met. In 1968, when I was in seventh grade, I tried out...

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  When the Lion Smiles

  Chapt. 5- Part 5 “Monday… The Beginning of the End”

       “No.”  Andrea’s mind raced.  What should he say?  What should he do?  Should he lie?  Should he tell the truth? ...

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  Fishing

  The telephone rang. I answered it. It was my friend, Tony.     “Hey man, are you still in the Doghouse, or...

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  When the Lion Smiles

  Chapt. 5- Part 4 “Monday… The Beginning of the End”

       “Oa, there is no need to worry, Signor Morucchio, we shall make many troubles for those two!  For this you...

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  When the Lion Smiles

  Chapt. 5- Part 3 “Monday… The Beginning of the End”

  He crawled back to his cubbyhole and hunkered in as close as he could get to the wall.  His wool overcoat insulated...

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  The Weekend

  The day of dad’s Memorial Service was very long. I mean, funerals are already difficult enough to navigate for the socially awkward…...

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  When the Lion Smiles

  Chapt. 5- Part 2 “Monday… The Beginning of the End”

  Bruno set his empty cup down, ignored the veiled insult and began.      “You have seen the news paper?  You know...

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  In Memory of my father, Carroll Lee-Roy Peterson.

  I was raised by a real man in a time of real men. Now, that’s not to say I didn’t have a...

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  Mr. Bidwell

  In 1971, there was a local character in my neighborhood named, Mr. Bidwell, who walked to and from the little grocery on...