A steaming pile of faketion. Not too many people know this, but….When George Washington led his Continental Army across the icyDelaware on Christmas night 1776 to launch a brazen surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries fighting for the British, the passage had to be repeated FIVE TIMES. Three in one direction, two in the other. But before we drill down, deep dive, unpack the facts, let’s use some bandwidth to upload just what led to that treacherous night. If George Washington was Jewish, his Yiddish name would be Yussel. He wasn’t, but I thought it was worth mentioning. As a child,…
Author: George Beckerman
George Beckerman
George Beckerman’s short fiction has been published in The Punch Magazine, Queen Mob’s Teahouse, Johnny America, Down In The Dirt Magazine and Little Old Lady Comedy and Potato Soup Journal. His work will appear in the Evening Street Press and Review, Fall 2022. George’s method of throwing words against a wall in hopes that they will be published has been working out quite well, thank you.
A Steaming pile of faketion. Not many people know this, but…Ringo Starr and Pete Best arm-wrestled to decide who would become the Beatles’ drummer. But before we get into the details, let’s take a look at the two subjects. As a young boy in the rock and roll hotbed of Liverpool, Randolph Peter Scanland wanted a drum kit. Buthis widowed mother who worked six jobs to support her two children told her son that they couldn’tafford it. So Peter (he hated the name Randolph) taught himself to play by pounding a neighbor boy’shead with twin ball-peen hammers. After four concussions…
Jeff lives at home. Despite graduating magna cum laude after four years at a highly-regarded university,and btw, piling up a mountain of student loan debt for his trouble, the job market did not welcome himlike the second coming of…anybody. Jeff works as an intern for a large corporation. And thus, he can bereached at home in his childhood bedroom. 9 A.M. – Jeff, in hoodie and jeans, arrives at work, arms full with his daily morning coffee and donutsrun. He hands his supervisor his favorite donut, chocolate with nuts and sprinkles, anddeposits the rest in the break room. 9:12 A.M.…