Kendall Defoe
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Teacher, reader, writer, dreamer... I am a college instructor who cannot stop letting his thoughts end up on the page. No AI. No Fake Work. It's all me...
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Political Twenty-Six
To be eighteen then... Ballot or bullet? Let's see... You now can decide. Speed wins! * Thank you for reading! If you liked this, you can add your Insights, Comment, leave a Heart, Tip, Pledge, or Subscribe. I will appreciate any support you have shown for my work.
By Kendall Defoe 5 months ago in Poets
"Our Gang" - A Review
From George Orwell's ''Politics and the English Language'' (quoted in the epigraph): ...one ought to recognize that the present political chaos is connected with the decay of language, and that one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.
By Kendall Defoe 5 months ago in BookClub
Truths Dared
“Are we really gonna do this?” Donna’s camera was finally on, and everyone could see that she was still finishing up her lunch in her kitchen. David had decided that he missed his friends too much not to continue with his old habits; their old habits (he did not forget that). Both Sally and Mark were ready – appropriate since they were married – but in separate cities. David did not bother to try and get in touch with Lisa. That was over, right? Could he…?
By Kendall Defoe 5 months ago in Fiction
The Final Stop
Blink and you’ll miss it, she said. It’s more like…Spit and you’ll miss it, he thought. The dust was still thick in the air when she stopped the Jeep in front of what looked like an abandoned train car. He spat out dirt and wiped off the dust in his eyes and hair as he looked around. Abandoned? Yup. Like most of the area around it. He could see that the bush would take over this area one day and he thought that would be a fair deal. There were no other cars in the small lot, but he could see that there had been several abandoned across the road in what looked like a farmer’s field. No livestock or crops there now, but someone’s forgotten garage. And this place…
By Kendall Defoe 5 months ago in Fiction
Ingmar Bergman's "Jaws". Top Story - August 2025.
In 1975, a film was released that changed the game forever. The young director behind the camera would become a legend and one of the most successful filmmakers of all time. And the world noticed. Other directors noticed. One of them was a Swedish filmmaker who was already a legend in the world of cinema.
By Kendall Defoe 5 months ago in Humor
The Contract
“So, what’s the catch?” To be honest, he was getting ready to go out that night and did not expect that he would have to deal with such nonsense after making the offer, but nothing ever worked out the way he expected it to with these people. There was always some small little problem that was never anticipated. All these years and all those surprises…
By Kendall Defoe 6 months ago in Fiction
