Arlo Hennings

Joined October 2021

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Author of 2 non-fiction books, composer of 4 albums, expat, father, MFA (Creative Writing), B.A.

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Drown Your Wife if She Can't Cook?
The new weapon of violence against women This essay examines the various sexist practices on the Internet called cyber sexism. The Internet seems to become a new world for patriarchal domination.
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in The Swamp
The Right Place at the Right Time
The Right Place at the Right Time Was your music/writing/media career locked up in a gatekeeper's vault filed under a "secret" and a "who?"
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Journal
Do You Believe in Guardian Angels
"I'm sorry we can't help your daughter," the doctor said from an emergency room. "We are transporting her to a specialist ICU for liver and kidney failure."
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Families
The Silent Killer
An estimated 41,000 people are infected with hepatitis C each year, and 2.4 million Americans have it. About 75% of people who have the virus are part of the baby boom generation, born between 1945 and 1965.
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Confessions
All he wants for Christmas is a Home
I met an old, brown-skinned man. His head had charcoal-colored eyebrows, silver-colored hair, and a white, scruffy beard. A half-smoked cigar smoldered in one hand, and he held a shot of tequila in the other. A red, blue, and green shawl wrapped over his shoulders.
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Fiction
C.I.A. Guinea Pig
What drug was researched by the CIA as a truth-telling serum? Credited by Paul McCartney as inspiration for several Beatles' songs? The pied piper, Timothy Leary (happy 101st B-Day). And cited by Steve Jobs as one of the most profound experiences of his lifetime?
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Futurism
Flash Fiction
Many believe Chekhov created the modern-day short story. But, I am referring to who created the "micro-story" later renamed as "flash fiction?"
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Fiction
Readers and Writers Creators Both
I've read some Bloggers claim no shame they're not good writers? Post a stream of consciousness text. Upload the mind dump. Gossip post. Call it what you want. "My Cat Ate the Parakeet." Anything to drive the proverbial numbers. Quality damned. Numbers are all that matters!
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Education
Raspberry Beret
Saturday night. I finished my last limo run. Which was a carload of senior high school girls trying to be Janet Jackson's backup singers. One girl asked me in an uppity tone, "So what else have you done besides drive a limo?"
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Beat
The Expat Dream
The first major experience I had as an expat was finding a murdered tourist on the floor of my rented villa. Things could only improve?
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Journal
The Gamble of Online Dating
My desire for a new life partner became front and center. There's being alone and then there's loneliness. How long could I hold out talking to my dog like it was a human?
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Confessions
The Last Warrior of the Mythopoetic Men’s Movement
Are fathers harder to understand than mothers? The movie star Will Smith admitted he considered killing his abusive alcoholic father.
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Fiction

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Drown Your Wife if She Can't Cook?

The Right Place at the Right Time

Do You Believe in Guardian Angels

The Silent Killer

All he wants for Christmas is a Home

C.I.A. Guinea Pig

Flash Fiction

Readers and Writers Creators Both

Raspberry Beret

The Expat Dream

The Gamble of Online Dating

The Last Warrior of the Mythopoetic Men’s Movement

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