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Steve Vernon

Steve Vernon⁠

Writer of horror, humor. Retiree. Keeper of black cats, drinker of black coffee, and determinedly trying to lose some weight!

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SHORT AND WEIRD

A Rough Crowd

I’m not saying we picked fights…

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NEVER BRING A KNIFE TO A BROADSWORD FIGHT! Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash

My Uncle Glenn had five kids.

All boys.

And fight?

By golly, they spelled the word “peace” as “pieces”!

“The one thing I can say about my boys is that they are great believers in practicing absolute gentleness,” I heard Uncle Glenn say to the remnants of a riot squad who had tried to break up a no-holds-barred Scrabble dispute over the spelling of manslaughter.

“Yes sir,” Uncle Glenn went on to say. “Would you believe that I never had cause to lay a violent hand upon any of my boys, except in the occasional and totally unavoidable outbreak of self-defense.”

At least that’s the way he told the story…

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Steve Vernon
Steve Vernon

Written by Steve Vernon⁠

Writer of horror, humor. Retiree. Keeper of black cats, drinker of black coffee, and determinedly trying to lose some weight!