Category Archives: Prose

“Winter Quarters” 1863-1864 Pat Lang (from Death Piled Hard) reposted 2022

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Pat Lang

       Winter Quarters (Orange, Virginia)   “The seemingly endless time of cold darkness crept past in a succession of grey days and long nights. In its camps, the Army of Northern Virginia once again experienced the religious fervor that came … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving in the Field – 1863 from “Death Piled Hard” reposted 2022

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Pat Lang

One of my pre-occupations is the cycle of novels that I wrote concerned with what I think I learned in life.  It is set in the American Civil War and called “Strike the Tent.”  Why?  If I knew why perhaps I could … Continue reading →

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The “Daughter of Time” redux

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Pat Lang

Researchers claim to have found evidence that the older boy Edward may not have been murdered, but instead secretly allowed to live on his half-brother’s land under a false name. They have followed a trail of medieval documents to a … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Prose | 6 Comments

Yo’ Jus’n Cain’ Get No Good Conch Frittahs Nor’ a Marathon

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Fred

Stars were beginning to fade in the Western sky as the first gleams of the new day began to beat back the darkness. A fin broke the surface off the port bow up near the shallows on the edge of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fred, Gastronomie, Humor, Prose, Whatever | Tagged , , | 33 Comments

Review of “Tattoo” by Publisher’s Week

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Pat Lang

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Posted in Books, Prose, The Military Art | 4 Comments

“The Procurator of Judea” Anatole France

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Pat Lang

“Long did I seek her in disreputable alleys and taverns. It was more difficult to learn to do without her than to lose the taste for Greek wine. Some months after I lost sight of her, I learned by chance … Continue reading →

Posted in Prose, Religion | 18 Comments

Shakespeare is not “woke”

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Pat Lang

https://www.foxnews.com/us/william-shakespeare-ditched-by-woke-teachers-over-misogyny-racism “William Shakespeare, thou hast been getting canceled. An increasing number of woke teachers are refusing to study the Bard — accusing his classic works of promoting “misogyny, racism, homophobia, classism, anti-Semitism, and misogynoir.” A slew of English literature teachers told … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized | 35 Comments

“Targets,” an old story by Jim Peak (Basilisk)

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Pat Lang

  Jim had been out shooting with a friend and wrote this.  pl   ————   The two men, heavy laden with the implements of destruction, scuffed through crunching autumn leaves. The scent of winter was somewhere near by. “I … Continue reading →

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“Strike The Tent” trilogy by W. Patrick Lang

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Pat Lang

      Available from:  iUniverse http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookSearchResults.aspx?Search=patrick%20lang E-Book version of all three available at iUniverse Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/W–Patrick-Lang?keyword=W.+Patrick+Lang&store=allproducts&iehack=%E2%98%A0 Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Butchers-Cleaver-Confederate-Secret-Services/dp/0595474764/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358700423&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Butcher%27s+Cleaver I was interviewed some time ago by the North Carolina Museum of History concerning the writing of this trilogy. "The Confederate … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Intelligence, Prose | 41 Comments

“The Major Won the Croix de Guerre” Alan Farrell

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Pat Lang

 In Memorial Day weekend and in honor of MACVSOG I have decided to put up Alan Farrell's story as titled above.  It is one of my favorites.  The unit involved was really a "hatchet company"  of MACVSOG.  pl Download The … Continue reading →

Posted in Farrell, Humor, Prose | 41 Comments