Surfing Through the Mind: An Anthology
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Surfing Through the Mind - Claude P Perry II
Surfing Through the Mind: An Anthology
Other works by Claude P Perry II
The Parker Chronicles series (with Ann Franchi):
The Trials of Destiny: A Parker Chronicles Novel
Surfing Through the Mind: An Anthology
Claude P Perry II
Copyright
Text Copyright © 2016, 2019 by Claude P Perry II
Cover art copyright © 2016 Claude P. Perry II
All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.
First Printing: September 2019
ISBN 978-0-359-91364-0
Second eBook Edition
Clan-Per Publishing
2802 Sandwell Dr.
Winter Park, FL 32792
Dedication
Dedicated to:
My parents, Pete and Liz
My sister, Rianna
My nephews, Sean and Daniel
Caldwell Davis, Jr and Bill Thrasher, the two most influential teachers of my Junior and Senior years of high school who helped me realize my potential
Mrs. Geneva McDonald
My extended family within the SCA
My tabletop RPG friends whose creativity helped inspire me to think out of the box in regards to my own writing, especially Rich and Ann
To all of you who took the time to pick up a copy of this book and peruse these pages.
Contents
Surfing Through the Mind: An Anthology
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Surfing Through the Mind
A Cousin is a Cousin. Or are They?
I Dreamed a Dream Tonight
A Genealogical Connection to the Magna Carta
We Shall Not Forget
I Hereby Declare
Umox, Anyone?
Spectre of the Arcanus (WIP)
A Simple Wish
For Honor and Glory
My Response to the 2014 Coca-Cola Super Bowl Commercial Uproar
My Review of the Pilot Episode of The After
How Do You Top a Mole on the Front Walk?
The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway
An Invitation
Happy 239th Birthday, USA!!!!!!!!!
The New Brother
Letter From the Author
About the Author
Preface
My writing experience began with the many essays I had to write while I was in school. One such essay I wrote, if memory serves, was about what it meant to be adopted. To my surprise, said essay was submitted for a Tennessee state-wide competition by Mrs. Geneva McDonald and came in third place for the region; I only found out about the competition and results when I was shown a newspaper article about it in the Wayne County newspaper. I wish I had a copy of the essay still.
Regardless, the contents of this book contain various writings of mine over the past. The oldest, Surfing Through the Mind
, is a poem I wrote sometime around 1990 while I was sitting in a small bar in Chattahoochee, FL while nursing a beer as a rock band was playing live; I never did drink that beer. The newest piece, Happy 239th Birthday
, was written July 4, 2015, as a timeline post on Facebook.
I chose to name this book after the aforementioned poem as a way for readers to have a gander at what goes on in my head when I write. A couple of the poems are song lyrics; I’ll let readers guess which ones those are. A majority of the articles within this book are short essays I had originally posted on a website called Bubblews that is no longer on the web. Readers will find a short story I wrote that has never been published as well as a chapter of an unfinished sci-fi/fantasy manuscript I’ve been working off and on since 1997.
The cover art is of my own design. I left the quite obvious imperfections as a way to reflect that my mind is not as neat and tidy as those who know me might believe. To be honest, I truly do not believe there really is a perfect mind; I am sure, however, there are several psychologists out there who would argue that I am quite wrong in my thinking. My cover art is a reminder that we all have our own imperfections; as a whole,