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41 Years Ago Today

Posted on August 18, 2016 by mitchteemley

By the time the war ended, 58,220 American soldiers had died in Vietnam. And, in a strange irony, 50,000 of the people they’d gone to save had been evacuated to the United States. It was the largest airlift in U.S. … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 16

Posted on June 8, 2016 by mitchteemley

We’re in the last day of shooting on my feature film! Meanwhile, enjoy this bit of ancient prophecy from my fantasy novel The Wishing Map.

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Countdown to World War III?

Posted on November 14, 2015 by mitchteemley

Are the attacks on Paris a new milestone in the march toward an inevitable world war with Islamo-fascism? The parallels to Europe in the 1930s are striking. Devastated by the ravages of a morally gray “war to end all wars,” … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 94

Posted on September 26, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack was stunned to discover that the terrifying apparition who’d halted the naims’ civil war was his sister Gina. … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 93

Posted on September 23, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack and the naim (gnome) child Bud were pierced by lances, but for some reason didn’t die. And then … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 92

Posted on September 19, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: The naim (gnome) child Bud was pierced by an arrow as Zack struggled to halt the war he’d unintentionally … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 91

Posted on September 16, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: By pushing the childlike naims beyond what they could comprehend, Zack unintentionally sparked armed conflict! ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ Cries … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 26, 2015 by mitchteemley

“What would the world be like if there were no ‘them,’ only us?” ~from The Wishing Map, Episode 85

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Posted on March 28, 2015 by mitchteemley

Wounded pride. Without it there would be no killing, no wars. We all have it, and we’ve all been wounded. We may only respond with angry words, but angry words are the seeds of violence. (Matthew 5:22) ~from The Wishing … Continue reading →

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