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Pete O'Brien

Mar 162 min

Living in Colour

Dear Reader, On March 11, 2024, I release not one, but two books. FIELDS: POEMS and QUOZ: A NOVELETTE. Then, after that gurgle zapple, on...

Pete O'Brien

Aug 21, 202314 min

Let Me Explain

Please scroll down... Let Me Explain by Pete O'Brien There is a sort of underwater predicament the day you accept a glass of beer from a...

Pete O'Brien

Aug 15, 202311 min

The Orbific Ondatra (The World-Fabricating Muskrat)

Please scroll down... The Orbific Ondatra (The World-Fabricating Muskrat) by Pete O'Brien I will be the first to say that many a night...

Pete O'Brien

Aug 13, 202310 min

The Homecoming

Please scroll down... The Homecoming by Pete O'Brien Maintenance Nothing fancy Just proper care daily I've never been very poetic. I...

Pete O'Brien

Aug 6, 20236 min

After Dark

Please scroll down... After Dark by Pete O'Brien In the middle of the night you find yourself walking hurriedly down a residential...

Pete O'Brien

Aug 3, 20233 min

Shock Sun

Please scroll down... Shock Sun by Pete O'Brien Yesterday my teeth fell out. All of them. For no reason whatsoever. The dentist laughed...

Pete O'Brien

Aug 2, 20234 min

In the Warehouse

Please scroll down... In the Warehouse by Pete O'Brien The space alien had come without warning in the middle of the night, with a...

Pete O'Brien

Jul 31, 20236 min

Zoom Birds

Please scroll down... Zoom Birds by Pete O'Brien "So you mean to tell me, another day has gone by, and you're back at your desk, Sir...

Pete O'Brien

Jul 28, 20236 min

Cured

Please scroll down... Cured by Pete O'Brien I was having trouble thinking of something to post on my blog and media channels, and the...

Pete O'Brien

Jul 17, 20231 min

Reader's Day

Xyloquirk Books designates July 17 as Reader's Day, so hats off to all you readers! But what about all those other days for turning...

Pete O'Brien

Jun 29, 20234 min

Inside THE FLAVOR OF ART

The Flavor of Art is available as an ebook from Apple and as a paperback from Amazon. It begins as follows. About the Artist, About the...