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Railroad Train to Heaven by Dan Leo

The supposed memoirs of Arnold Schnabel, a brakeman/poet recovering from a mental breakdown in the quaint seaside resort of Cape May, NJ, in 1963. . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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The Humbug Bistro by Heather Spoonheim

Haute cuisine vs Humbug

The working chapters of a new novel by Heather Spoonheim about her experiences in trying to bring some culinary innovation to a small town. . . .

A serialized novel, updating daily.
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The Complete History of Adam Panflick by Stephen C. Rose

Panflick is an online novel in the manner of Tom Jones. It deals with the limits of marriage, limits of family, limits of religion and limits of life. Its hero is Adam Panflick (1936 -). Irony, iconoclasm, a Terry Southern edge and a Kubrick sensibility suggest its general drift. . . .

A serialized novel, updating twice weekly.
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Looking Through the Windows of Madness by Leo Vine-Knight

A darkly humorous story about mental health care and modern values.

Steven is a psychiatric nurse close to burnout.  He senses that the boundaries between his own mind, the mental health unit where he works, and society itself, are becoming dangerously blurred.  Glamorous nursing assistant Kate and mystery man Llewelyn are the only two people who can help him, but . . . . . . .

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RAILROAD TRAIN TO HEAVEN

I Enjoyed It

Editor: Jim Zoetewey
January 9, 2009

So first of all, I should mention that I like Dan Leo’s writing. It’s clear and effective. The characters have different voices. There’s some humor, and occasionally satire.

The two stories of his that I’ve read both take place in the 1960′s and not only do they try to get the [more . . .]

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RAILROAD TRAIN TO HEAVEN

A Surreal Comedy of Manners

Member: kpbstevens
May 27, 2011

The day is coming when genre categorizations will collapse around our ears.  No one would shove a copy of The Master and Margarita into the fantasy section of a Barnes and Nobles, although it has many things in common with the glossy books that you would find there – talking cats, the devil, levitation.  But Bulgakov’s masterpiece is given the [more . . .]

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