Recap: Barbara Nascovar and her three children left Washington, D.C. by private jet bound for south central Idaho. During this Thanksgiving recess, she was tasked—by none other than the president of the United States—with using her new position as secretary of the Department of the Interior to round up participants in a scheme that would […]
Lights Out on Pinckney Street (Part IX)

Recap: The dark energy that had been installed inside store-bought steel pipes erupted blindly against the house and everyone in it. Ricky and his mother lay covered in white dust on the rubble. In the corner where the front door had stood, their neighbor Gloria—come in the morning to check on the pair—lay dead in […]
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Recap: After meeting with President Blankenship and White House Chief of Staff Corsican, Barbara confided in the latter: She was having second thoughts about accepting the position of secretary of the Department of the Interior. All of a sudden the job seemed tremendous in scope and terrible in scheme. The first part of Blankenship’s scheme […]
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Recap: In her first sit-down with the president of the United States, Barbara Nascovar, the brand-new secretary of the Department of the Interior, got an earful from the man. Oh, she was on her best behavior, but the president tolerated no sign of what he called “weakness.” Weakness was anything that strayed even slightly from […]
Amazon.com, astroturfing, corruption, fact vs. fiction, fiction book, government corruption, james tesar, potential widespread disaster, Thanksgiving, ultimate error, WashingtonInterior Designs: The Selling Out of a Federal Agency (Part IV)

Recap: Barbara and the kids packed their suitcases and jet-set off to Washington, D.C. The following day, she sat down with the White House chief of staff and the president. The Oval Office meeting was a business meeting. President Winslow Blankenship wanted to make sure that he had his “ducks in a row” for his […]
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Recap: An FBI agent and two Boston PD officers talked with Ricky and his mom as part of the law enforcement agencies’ canvassing of the neighborhood. They knocked on the front door at around one in the morning. The boy and his mother had been sleeping, but they were glad to offer any assistance they […]
Amazon.com, catastrophic error, fact vs. fiction, Federal Bureau of Investigation, fiction book, james tesar, plutocratic kleptocracy, potential widespread disaster, steel spoon, ultimate errorInterior Designs: The Selling Out of a Federal Agency (Part II)

Recap: In southeast Idaho, near Pocatello, word circulated that their 83-year-old U.S. senator would retire at the end of his 11th term. Word also buzzed about the president of the Idaho Ranchers Association, Barbara Nascovar (born Smithee), who had announced her intention to run for the vacated seat in Washington. “Smart as a whip,” they […]
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Recap: Two Boston Police officers and an FBI agent startled Ricky and his mom when they pounded on the front door at one in the morning. The law enforcement officers were actually pretty friendly. They asked Ricky about what he heard and saw the previous night, the night of the attack and fire at Mr. […]
Amazon.com, catastrophic error, fact vs. fiction, fiction book, james tesar, Kay, law enforcement officers, plutocratic kleptocracy, survivalism, ultimate errorLights Out on Pinckney Street (Part IV)

Recap: Night fell at last over the neighborhood. Ricky and his mom watched a bit of the local news, learning the bigger picture of the fire and murder down the street. The whole of Massachusetts and the roads immediately proximate to it would be abuzz all night with local law enforcement, county sheriffs, state police, […]
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On the droughted Ethiopian savanna, a little boy clings to his mother for protection, and her mate tries to guide them to safety At dawn, the boy awoke belly-down, head nestled into his sleeping mother’s bosom. He thought she was the most comfortable place to sleep in the world. Briefly, he felt a euphoria, breathing […]
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