Pete Howard – US Represented

Technology Addiction Shouldn’t Be Ignored

Nonfiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

Technology addiction keeps getting worse. The American Psychological Association still recognizes it as a potential behavioral disorder. The problem is evidenced by an individual’s obsession with the interaction or activities gained through an electronic device. Symptoms range from depression to severe anxiety and self-abuse. The growing trend among teenagers is especially troubling. In fact, public […]

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Group Dating: A Predictable Homogeny

Analysis, Nonfiction, Perspective for Hire, Writings / By a featured contributor

“There’s beggary in the love that can be reckoned.” –from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra Parents have always worried about their kids going on dates. Mothers, like those haggy, clingy caricatures in the Old Spice commercials, suffer much anxiety at the prospect of losing their baby boy to the wiles of some teenage vixen. Meanwhile, fathers

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A Lion in the Woods

Creative Writing, Fiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

I It was nearly dark when 10-year-old Tommy Tucker zipped around the corner of the old train station on his bike to witness the cougar atop its prey. Startled by the squeaking brakes and the bike’s headlight, the huge cat retracted its claws and fled across the tracks, disappearing behind an abandoned warehouse. There on

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Body Found in Monument Creek

Creative Writing, Fiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

The body lay in the creek amid the swirling and sloshing of broken sticks and plastic bottles that had accumulated between two large rocks. There was no blood, no sign of foul play – just the body of an older white or Hispanic male in a brown jacket, underdressed for the mid-March weather. He lay

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Choice and the Complexity of Human Nature

Analysis, Creative Writing, Nonfiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

Ever since “liberal” became a bad word in America, there has been a growing tendency to pass judgment on other people by using this four-word zinger: “Everybody has a choice.” This is to say that no matter what situation one finds oneself in, there is always a right or wrong response, and if one chooses

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Body Art — Is It Really?

Analysis, Nonfiction, Open Channel, Writings / By a featured contributor

. . . the man was a walking treasure gallery. This wasn’t the work of a cheap carnival tattoo man with three colors and whiskey on his breath. This was the accomplishment of a living genius, vibrant, clear, and beautiful. – Ray Bradbury …the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. – Walt

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