
I’m a writer, poet, and retired human rights officer. You can read some of my poetry, short stories, and listen to back-episodes of The World Poetry Cafe!

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New Poetry:
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Wait To Mate?
Wait To Mate? Waiting your chance every day to find a way to finally say “I’m done with debating.”? Still waiting? Dating nights go nowhere. Time alone is what you fear, do not know how to stop. You a flop? Cop to you need to start before hope elects to depart leading you to surrender.…
New World Poetry Cafe:
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World Poetry Cafe May 28 2026 with Britney Rusell and Britton Wright
This great Cafe features Britney with her own segment with her guest, fellow Jamaican poet Britton Wright. Britton is a fabulous listen, as is Britney. Poetry and stories from Ariadne, Sharon Rowe, Kelly Montgomery, Victor Schwartzman and Britton, who sings his first poem! This extended version of Cafe is about one hour, ten minutes! Download…
New Flash Fiction:
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The Summer of 2036
The Summer of 2036 The summer of 2036 was tough for everyone–humans and animals and plants. Drought for some, flooding for others. Rising oceans washed away coastal areas. And the heat. Dreadful heat, surrealistically bitter cold every freezing winter. Followed by summers that scorched. Pierre lived near Paris. One morning he looked at his large…
New Long-Form:
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My Inner Werewolf Chapters 51-End
Chapter Fifty-One My Solution I thought of transforming and ripping something. Instead, I went to bed. To ponder. It was a long night. Little sleep, only that from exhaustion. I woke not wanting to. Part of me wanted to stay in bed, but that was impossible. Too much to do. Today was the day to…
New Experimental:
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War Crimes
War Crimes General Marlboro routinely, as ordered, left combat decisions for individual strikes to AI. He worried he was committing war crimes, even as he ordered aerial attacks. AI attacked a compound containing the enemy’s leaders but it also levelled a nearby school (assuming it also contained leaders.) He ordered attacks on infrastructure. AI attacked…