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Book Two is almost ready for publication----watch for updates! In the meantime, I'm thrilled to share the final design for the cover,...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- May 4, 2021
- 1 min
Poetry Break: Diagnosis
The following verses were written following my mother's death one year ago. She passed on the feast of St. Catherine of Siena, who was a...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Apr 21, 2021
- 1 min
Baby on board or baby overboard?
Modern families are inundated with negativity about the impact of kids in their lives and on the planet. What's the truth? My latest...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Apr 10, 2021
- 7 min
Short Fiction: The Architect
Petey couldn't clearly remember the last time he had visited the seashore with his family. He had thought his hazy impressions of bright...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Mar 18, 2021
- 1 min
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
My musings on the challenges of families living in the so-called "Blue" states is featured this week in Catholic World Report, so head on...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Feb 19, 2021
- 6 min
Seasons of Prayer
Just about a year ago this week, local pastors and laypeople in my immediate orbit were joking about what to give up for Lent. As I...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Jan 23, 2021
- 8 min
Short Fiction: When Fall the Scales
Golden firelight lovingly caressed the curves of the young woman's bare neck as she stood erect beside the delicate piecrust table. As...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
Poetry Break: Unprepared
Unprepared The grocery cart, over-laden, will careen abandoned through the parking lot of liquid silver puddles Or else the little man...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Dec 30, 2020
- 6 min
A (less miserable) New Year to All!
I honestly cannot say whether my 2020 was worse than what others around the country experienced. Even aside from the burden of dealing...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Nov 25, 2020
- 6 min
Short Fiction: End Game
Her footsteps slapped in a panicked staccato as the woman ran down the street. Like the shadow of a frightened cat, she scurried from...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Sep 13, 2020
- 2 min
UPDATE: What readers are saying about Echoes Through Distant Glass---
More thoughtful feedback for is coming in for my timely and relatable new sci-fi novel, Echoes Through Distant Glass! From Amazon: "This...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Jul 31, 2020
- 1 min
Publisher's note
The second installment in the Beyond Cascadia Series will be entitled Eclipse Rising, not Solitude of Light, as appears in some editions...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Jun 27, 2020
- 2 min
Beyond Cascadia: Book One: Echoes Through Distant Glass
Note: If you don't have a Kindle or a Nook, you can still download those reading apps to your Android device to access ebooks! For...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Jun 27, 2020
- 2 min
What readers are saying about Echoes Through Distant Glass---
Thoughtful feedback for is coming in for my timely and relatable new sci-fi novel, Echoes Through Distant Glass! From Amazon: "This is a...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Jun 27, 2020
- 4 min
Echoes Through Distant Glass: Sample chapter
Chapter 19 “That sign back there—what did it mean?” Tomás Estéban’s sudden query broke the meditative silence in which both men had been...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Jun 27, 2020
- 4 min
That Which does Not Destroy Me...
Fear has always been a big part of my life, from my earliest years. Whether due to genetics, birth order or my upbringing, anticipating...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Jun 27, 2020
- 5 min
Short Fiction: Experts Agree
(my take on some aspects the Covid-19 situation. With apologies to George Orwell) Angela’s foot slipped off the proximity marker. She...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Jun 27, 2020
- 1 min
Poem: Awake
Trudging wide-eyed through the valley of sleep You emerge lethargic, clutching dread like a tattered quilt Trailing dream fragments of...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Jun 24, 2020
- 5 min
Short Fiction: Resolution of Impossible Goals
Warning: Contains strong language. The champagne-hued Lexus slowed to a crawl as Dr. Eric Hill neared the security gates early that...
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S. Kirk Pierzchala
- Jun 3, 2020
- 3 min
Men of the West
"It is an army bred for a single purpose---to destroy the world of men." ----Aragorn, from the Two Towers. The recent, incessant news...
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