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    A Stranger In This Town
    A Stranger In This Town
    A Stranger In This Town
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    A Stranger In This Town

    By Samuel Vargo

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    "A Stranger in this town" was written during one of the most challenging periods in Samuel Vargo's life, when he was recovering from a second heart attack.

    None of the poetry and prose in this work has been previously published.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSamuel Vargo
    Release dateMar 28, 2018
    ISBN9781370996391
    A Stranger In This Town
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    Samuel Vargo

    Samuel Vargo writes on a freelance basis for a few liberal, online, national magazines that headline daily. He also writes for a few comedy and satire magazines with international readerships that headline daily. Vargo has written poetry and short stories for print and online literary magazines, university journals and a few commercial magazines. He worked most of his adult life as a newspaper reporter and taught as an adjunct English professor for about a decade at a number of community colleges, state colleges, and state universities. He has a BA in Political Science and an MA in English (both degrees were awarded by Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, USA). These days, Vargo doesn't write much poetry, but instead, concentrates on writing detective mystery novels under the pseudonym Stanley Gladden. His two latest works are "Woodside" and "Welcome to the Horror Show". Vargo was a curator and editor for a string of eight commercial online magazines for almost a year, but a few years ago, he gave this up to work on his own writing pursuits. Vargo was the fiction editor of Pig Iron Press, Youngstown, Ohio, for 12 years. A book-length collection of Vargo's short stories, titled "Electric Onion Head and the Rotating Cyclops of the Month", was published by Literary Road and had a web presence for seven years from 2007-.2014.

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      A Stranger In This Town - Samuel Vargo

      A Stranger in this town

      By Samuel Vargo

      Copyright 2017 and 2018 by Samuel Vargo. This work is entirely fictional and has no real bearing or similarity to anyone alive or dead. No part of this work may be reproduced in whole or in part without the express written consent of its writer and owner, Samuel Vargo

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      Dedication - For Betty, Michael, Danny, Tommy, Veronica, Barbara, Jack, Dina, Harriett, Sabrina, Holly, Dino, Chrissy, Emory, Carla, Moe, Tammy, Judy, Lori, Kenny, Stephanie, Joseph, Mr. and Mrs. Will, Michelle, J.B., Kevin, Mark, David, Savanah, Sarah, Stephanie, Tim, Carol, Carole, Katrina, Lisa, Dr. Price, Bob, Bruce, Robert, John, and Russell.

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR A STRANGER IN THIS TOWN –

      THE PSYCH NURSE

      Yes

      Quite Wrong

      Walt Whitman is coming back and he ain’t ridin’ no elevator

      Crumbling Dreams and Unicorn Angels

      5 & 7

      The White Witch

      False Patriotism

      The Evil & Cold Snowman

      The Dairy Farmer Waits Patiently for His Mail Order Bride

      Pretty Little Murderers All in a Row Waiting for Heaven on Earth

      OPEN

      Queens, NYC: A Poor, Tired, Working Girl's Morning Meditation

      The Bad Man

      Heaven Can’t Wait

      A Gift to Me on My 59th Birthday

      The bells of Saint Christine’s

      The Four Seasons

      House for Sale

      Popcorn for breakfast

      Pancakes for breakfast

      A Tree Named Salvatore

      Something happened to my wallet

      Brief Bio of the Author

      THE PSYCH NURSE

      The psych nurse is still in love with her boyfriend

      Even after not living with him for the five years

      They’ve known one another. She can’t live with anyone,

      And neither can Billy.

      Billy Morganstein is a bar band rock ‘n roller

      Who oftentimes visits on-air radio

      Shows with hip local D.J.’s

      Because they’re all drinking pals

      And Drastic Death is a big fizz

      Locally; and being the band’s lead

      Singer, Billy is very much a local celebrity.

      He could have girlies galore, but the psych nurse

      Is all Billy Morganstein can handle.

      Besides, he loves her. Yes, he really does. . .

      And if he cheated on her

      She’d turn much crazier.

      It’ a Saturday night and after the psych

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