Tag Archives: satire

Austerity Hits The Mafia

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

There have been worrying reports this week from Sicily about the hard times facing the Mafia. Even the crime families, it appears, are not immune from the ravages of Austerity that have beset Southern Europe this past year. First it … Continue reading →


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Virginia General Assembly Compressed Novel

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

I was moderately pleased with myself for putting a novel into 140 characters, including the disclaimer (“Fiction”). (This used to be called a compressed novel and was usually of short-story length.) I’m fond of Twitter (it’s very good for late … Continue reading →


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SCOTUS Defines Personhood

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Supreme Court of the United States Defines Personhood Flash Fiction Satire by Vonda N. McIntyre In an expected decision today, the United States Supreme Court reaffirmed its definition of Corporations as persons, and redefined organic beings as unpersons. Unpersons include nebular avatars, bionic individuals (including biological … Continue reading →


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