Articles by Frederick Foote
Novella
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The Mechanic
() cover story science fiction extinction war
Frederick Foote is a retired State of California worker and community college instructor. He lives in Sacramento, California and writes plays and short stories.
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The Mechanic, Part 2
() science fiction extinction war
The great ship <i>Nina</i> is before Estrada's eyes at last, but her darkness has targeted his heart...
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The Mechanic, Part 3
() science fiction extinction war
Unwillingly separated from the <i>Nina</i>, Estrada must find meaning in his life -- but can he live with what he finds?
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The Mechanic, Part 4
() science fiction extinction war
Estrada has found a happiness he never expected, one he will never leave -- unless...
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The Mechanic, Part 5
() science fiction extinction war
Conclusion. Estrada has been recalled to enlistment, back to the monstrous weapon-ship Nina. What will he find there?
Short
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Alley Ways
() cover story fiction horror
Clothe yourself in darkness...and then don't be surprised what you find in your pockets...
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Nina
() science fiction extinction war
Return again to the universe of "The Mechanic" and Estrada's last hope and happiness...
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Usama
() cover story fiction future fight
How do you stand and how do you approach when you know that you cannot run?
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Trinity
() science fiction conflict
Death is inevitable; what comes next is something more...
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Resurrection
() cover story fiction family death horror
Time and space are finite. But love, and spirit are not...
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Changeling
() cover story science fiction future
Searching for novelty, searching for beauty, searching for excitement...why is it such a an biological imperative when so often it leads to destruction?
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The Slith
() cover story science fiction horror
And this world, and all things in it...?
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Fish Story
() cover story fiction horror
There! By the pilings, the water moves in that certain way -- that's where you cast your line...
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Vector
() cover story science fiction aliens
Who was the first one? And who -- or what -- will be the last?
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Instances
() fiction
A rare look from within a lost mind...
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Them Blues
() cover story fiction blues
They get into your head, into your blood, and nothing can take them away...
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Elysian Options
() cover story fiction future
It's always good to plan ahead...
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Winter Interlude
() cover story fiction life death
In the end, you're never really alone...
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Twins
() cover story fiction horror
So different, so far apart, and yet so much the same...
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Eight Ball
() cover story fiction horror soul
Pride and greed and arrogance -- yeah, he can work with that...
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JC and the Projects Kids
() cover story fiction life
Some say one thing, and some say another, but fact is, if you're doin' what you're supposed to be doin,' you'll be happy...
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The Bullfight
() cover story fiction horror
What did you come here to see? What has come to see you?...
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Nappy Hair
() cover story fiction culture
Oh, for defiant hearts...
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The Painting
() cover story short fiction horror
They say that when art is really good, the audience simply can't look away...
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The Interview
() cover story fiction discrimination
Anything you say or don't say can and will be used against you...
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Gone Fishing
() cover story short fiction horror
Does this one arrive when you least expect it? Or is it always nearby...
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Food for Thought
() cover story short fiction horror
Aren't you glad Halloween is over?
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Veterans' Day
() cover story fiction death military
Let this year be one of thought...
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Etta May Shoemaker
() cover story fiction afterlife
Remember that old song, "In Heaven There Is No Beer?"
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Etta May Shoemaker St. Peter Interview
() fiction afterlife
Now there was some unfinished business...
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Skeeters
() fiction insect
"The narrator assures me that each and every word is the gospel..."
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The Angel of Mercy
() fiction war death
And what does "mercy" mean in the wars of politicians and their generals?
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The River Road Incident
() cover story fiction bigotry
Such a treacherous road, and so many still -- still -- take its evil trail...
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Vacation
() cover story fiction family life
We all wear masks. It's not always painful to wear one, but what happens when you forget what you look like without one?
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Siblings
() cover story fiction sexuality
Oh, Summer. Sometimes it's not so much the heat as the proximity...
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The Beast
() cover story short fiction horror
More predators than one are without remorse...
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Bourgeois Blues
() cover story fiction race identity music
Sometimes we have a lot of explaining to do for the young. And sometimes the things you have to say in the explanation are hard to say, painful to remember...
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Night Terrors
() cover story fiction horror
They creep in, their intention to cut you off from everything and everyone you have ever loved...
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Wyoming
() cover story fiction life love
Open. Honest. Of a good heart. Is that all we need in a friend?
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True Believers
() speculative fiction religion
Can Death be an excuse for Death?
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Walking Man
() cover story fiction life love
Climate change ...
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Betty and Dupree
() cover story fiction ballad
Nothing like the bluest of blues...
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The Deadliest Virus
() cover story fiction
You can wear a mask and avoid one, but the other needs to be unmasked to heal...
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Seconds
() cover story fiction
It's 2020 now, who would be surprised by anything?
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The Corona Blue Devil Blues
() fiction horror racism
It's quite possible you won't like what you hear, but you may need to hear it anyway...
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Words from the Elders
() cover story fiction human nature
"...a lesson, especially one concerning what is right or prudent, that can be derived from a story, a piece of information, or an experience..."
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Rejection Letter No. 106
() fiction humor publishing
So that's how the publishing business works...
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For the Sake of Soul - Voting
() fiction social issues
And what is the solution to all the hatred...?
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Calliope
() fiction writing
Inspiration can stop you right in your tracks, or run you down with a bus, or both...
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Trees
() cover story speculative fiction
When you stop listening to the life all around you, you forget how to live...
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The Farmer
() fiction horror
The reason is that only two know the reason...
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Skipping Time
() fiction horror
They say that time goes by faster as we get older...what if it isn't age at all?
Essay
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Trump's Legal Actions to Make America White Again
() essay laws government opinion
And don't forget the wall he wants to build -- who will that keep out?
Poem
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Giving People
() poem unrhymed
"...a hidden taking of your essence..."
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Taking People
() poem unrhymed
"...Never sated..."
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She Is
() poem unrhymed
"...Substantial in every way..."
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Crow Calls
() poem unrhymed
"...One note black crow..."
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Poetry Is
() poem unrhymed
"...Pretentious, modest, A mummer, a scream..."
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US
() poem unrhymed
"...a hand at every throat a knife for every back..."
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Final Exam
() poem unrhymed
"...And it's alright and it's okay..."
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The River Rough
() poem unrhymed
"...Carrying away and devouring all..."
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Government Terrorism
() cover story poem oppression
We can't hide in the dark, or behind walls, or with eyelids closed any longer...
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Crosses
() poem unrhymed
"You suffer me, I tolerate you..."
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Fall Salmon Run
() poem unrhymed
"...Bound by high banks..."
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Terminal Romance
() poem unrhymed
"...The touch of your hand is more than I can bear..."
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Chair Art
() poem unrhymed
"...Ambitious feet stand, dance on the chair seat..."
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Drama Room
() poem unrhymed
"...A circus of daily death-defying events..."
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The Winner Is
() poem unrhymed
"...On the battlefield they jousted..."
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Abstract Ends
() poem unrhymed
"...Unknown is the truth that claims me..."
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The Working Class
() poem unrhymed
"...Dons goggles and gloves for triple degree overtime..."
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Pair
() poem unrhymed
"...Worshiped & scorned..."
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A Complex Creature
() poem unrhymed
"...You are strange and familiar..."
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Convocation
() poem unrhymed
"...A dreary, sodden celebration..."
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Advanced Auto Safety Systems
() poem unrhymed
"..."Me? Are you talkin' to me?.."
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Second Amendment Heroes
() poem unrhymed
"Twenty-six-year-old female police officer slain by a rifle welding suspect..."
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For the Kids
() poem unrhymed
"...We each worked an extra under the table job..."
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Birth Right
() poem unrhymed
"...He carried a knife to school for self-defense..."
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Glory
() poem unrhymed
"...astonishing accumulations of wealth and privilege..."
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Wildfires
() poem unrhymed
"...flames of inequity jumped rivers of reality..."
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Media Wise
() poem unrhymed
"The trick was dancing the news..."
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Essential Workers
() poem unrhymed
"...with families and loved ones who deserve better and safer..."
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Antiquity
() poem unrhymed
"...essential words are just beyond recall..."
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I Can't
() poem unrhymed
"...I avoid the TV video violence..."
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A Labor of Love
() poem unrhymed
"...to embrace those in the palaces and government halls..."
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For You
() poem unrhymed
"...we will echo it around the world..."
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A Declaration of Mass Destruction
() poem unrhymed
"...I am a weapon of mass destruction and social disruption..."
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Nights Adrift
() poem unrhymed
"...a release from summer's warm, wicked, wiles...."
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Home Sweet Home
() poem unrhymed
"...history retells the shameful comedy of incompetence and greed..."
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The White Church
() poem unrhymed
"...They screamed as they stomped their feet..."
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Pandora
() poem unrhymed
"...You run with a bad crowd..."
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Battlefield
() poem unrhymend
"...six bodies in all and 12 wounded..."
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Vampire
() poem unrhymed
"...hiding in your shadow sipping your vintage..."
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Where were you last night?
() poem unrhymed
"...I was back in Gaza..."
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See Me
() poem unrhymed
"...under full sail, skipping across the waves..."
Opinion
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The New Tombstone Blues
() satire
Yes, let's sing along...