dr bob storybook
Back in high school bob wrote quite a few wierd little tongue-in-cheek short stories,
most of which he gathered together into a senior English class project entitled Schitzoid
Digression. A few other stories followed in the decade after graduation. Some of
these are reproduced here.
bob met karin, an older woman (by one crucial year), at Presbyterian summer camp in
rural NY State between 10th and 11th grades (summer of 1968, Woodstock minus one), where
by some stroke of fate, the "older" division failed to separate as planned from
us younger campers. Memories of Cream Wheels of Fire and Disraeli Gears playing
in the common meeting area still remain from that week of (platonic) friendship that
turned into a prolific penpal exchange lasting several years and incorporating wild silly
fantasies in story form. Schitzoid Digression was done in the spring of
1970, senior year at Goshen High School, turned in as an English class special
project, and then continued afterwards through spring 1971 in freshman year at
Princeton. Good thing bob did not pursue this junk writing style. But one can
read between the lines about the times.
Then a few stories through college and later in Italy.
- Frontmatter
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- The Live Adventures of Captain Amerika
- Another exciting Cerealization of fantastic exploits and stuff
- The Ogre what Lived in a Hill
- a dull tale
- The Bridge Troll and other Taxes
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- Otis Eagle the Chicken Hawk
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- The Eklips
- a documentary
- On Adjustment
- by Philo Kvetch
- My Day in Court
- the further adventures of Kaptain America
- On the fate of the world by an involved bystander
- a desperate note to an ally in the struggle to save the world
- On the fate of the world by an involved bystander
- a second desperate note to an ally in the struggle to save the world
- On Mountain Lions
- by Felig Prosner
- Traffic Circles and Cars under the Dam
- a moving story about Mortimer Milktoast's Visit to Croton-on-Hudson (including aan
explanation about the dirty forehead)
- Hello Mrs Littlefield
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- On Running into a Nazi Supertank on the Way to Work
- and unexciting account of how I got rid of the squeek
- No fun
- by Mort Milktoast and others
- Petition
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- Schitzoid Annex
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- Commiesadist and the Mortician Convention
- a letter
- Space Prune
- another letter
- Response to a Female Chicken Skin Victim (lovely) by a noted authority
- or The Last Press Conference
- The Snake Dilemma
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- Toad in the Poke
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- 76 Trombones in the Rice Pudding
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- On the Subject of Daed Baers and Funerals
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- Iconoclasm
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- Idea Sheet. Unfinished Story
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- The Monster Yeast Piece
- atruelifesciencefictionfantasy
- Which Way the Wind Blows
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- A Gnome Tale
- (pronounced Guh-nom')
- Surprise
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- New Years Day
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- Why I Want to be an Invincible Frog
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- Have you Ever Been a Watermelon
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- What Do You Do When You Have Nothing to Do
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- Nice Gnome
- (Guh-nom')
- The Princeton Experience Begins
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- As a Matter of Fact
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- Groin at the Chicken Brothel
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- Monkey Dirt
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- Dear Sarah
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Rome 1981:
- Happy Birthday (or The Appointment)
January Letter: Frustrations of Life in Italy
The Vatican at 3 MPH (or Son of the Cruel Shoes)