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THE
BUMBLE BEE's
SHORT
STORY
FESTIVAL
We love a short story. It's
like a novel, only
you don't have to hear
what kind of flowers were
in the vase.
In the olden days, most
magazines and many
newspapers published
short stories.
To that end ...
The BUMBLE BEE will pay
$10 for every short story
we publish.
See suggestions below.
OUR LATEST SHORT
STORY
was indeed written by the
editor's brother, Philip D.
Fenster of Vermont. He
presents the Short Story
Festival with a beautiful
character study, brought to
life with lively dialogue:
THE CHINA
DOLL
by Philip D. Fenster
Mei-Hua Anderson
watched the smoke from
her husband's cigarette
waft up to the ceiling.
She could see bubbles
rising in his beer bottle,
just visible through the
amber glass in the mid-
afternoon sunlight. He
was watching television,
people talking about
themselves.
She stirred the pot of
noodles, cooking but not
really hungry. American
food was bland to her
taste. She craved some
peppers or five-spice.
But her husband did not
like those flavors so she
did not use them.
The cigarette burned
down to the nub. Her
husband took one last
drag and stubbed it out
on a saucer she'd brought
from China.
“Is it ready yet?” he
asked.
“Three more minutes,”
she answered.
“It should be done by
now.”
“I cannot tell the
noodles how to cook.”
He lit another ...
continued here
THE BUMBLE BEE
SHORT STORY FESTIVAL:
1. Limit: about 2,000
words
2. We will not be able to
include every submission
in the BUMBLE BEE
3. Please help the
BUMBLE BEE help short-
story writers by sending
us the e-mail addresses
of willing subscribers.
www.JFenster.com/
bumbleshortstoryfest
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F.D.R.'s Shadow
"Depthful"
-- Washington Times
"Well-written"
--Kirkus
Still Featured in "New
Non-Fiction" at major
bookstores.
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ADVERTISING RATES:
The DAILY BUMBLE BEE does not
charge money for ads. Send yours.
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Kipper's Day
- A Regular Feature -
Kipper and Pumpy Sept. 13, 2009
I ate the cell-phone
charger for the car
And then the
hands-free device. I
was waiting in the
car and there was
nothing else to do.
Normally, I prefer
O.E.M. BMW parts for
snacking, but I made
an exception and I
for one am glad I did.
- Kipper
EQUINE NEWS________
Major to Enter First
Horse Show Sunday
Major, whose real name is
"Invest Leaguerly" will
compete in the walk-trot
classes of a Westmoreland,
New York horse show on
Sunday. A champion in
breeding, he is very shy by
nature. It is not known how
he will react to the hub-bub
of the show. That, and the
fact that other horses
invariably kick Major, unless
they opt to bite him, will give
the event gripping suspense
not usually known in
walk-trot competitions.
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NEW REGULAR FEATURE!! ... SCREENSHOT
The Editor Confesses in Anguish ...
I WANT MY LIFE BACK
by Julie M. Fenster,
as told to Ruth L. McCarthy
I have never been addicted to anything before ...
though I cannot deny an unnatural dependence on
tortilla chips.
They are devilish good with sour cream.
Be that as it may - my life has been ruined of late
by something I love less and indulge far more than corn
chips.
It is screens.
Television, computer and cell-phone screens.
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Wake up: watch
television until I have
the energy to check
e-mail.
Worktime: Stare into
computer. Have other
computer nearby with
stock ticker running.
Out and about: Peer
into cell-phone. Get
overwrought if no one
sends text messages.
Evening: Watch
television with laptop at
the ready. Between
plays in baseball
games, look for Swiss
watches on eBay.
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IN HAPPIER TIMES...
The editor with
"Tiger," the eagle-owl,
at a 2009 Know-It-All
Conference. Note:
Eagle, an acknow-
ledged genius, does
not have a Facebook
page. And he eats
things that Twitter.
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comments to
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DAILY DIET TIP:
From Bo-Bo,
the former Yak
When you just have to
nibble on something...
such as when all of your
friends are having
potato chips, nuts or in
my case, Mongolian
grasses, get yourself a
bowl of dry Cheerios.
Have them one at a time.
Note: Bo-Bo lost 50 pounds and
has kept them off!
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A sign of dire emergency:
* ** When I am out to dinner with people and the
conversation lags -- in other words, when I am not
talking -- I pompously check the cell phone for
messages, as though worried that Winston Churchill
may need some advice.
The prognosis is depressing. Soon, I will dissolve
into two eyes, with ever-heftier eyeglasses, and ten
fingers connected to good-for-nothing hands.
I must act-- and quickly. Action is needed.
1. I resolve not to go to any restaurants with
television sets in the dining room.
That's a courageous start.
2. I will research the name of a rehab center. They
are always in gorgeous places.
I'll look it up on the Internet.
3. And I will lay open the lurid details of my recovery
in the BUMBLE BEE.
A Web-Blog About Kicking the Addiction to Webs:
hypocrites do have more fun.
Next issue ... "Land -- Katie Scarlet O'Hara."
"If I help just one person to stop looking at
screens all day, my life will not have been in
vain, particularly."
- The Editor
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