Short Stories by Jay Solomon
The Anti-American Sentiment Scanner
After the next American Revolution, allegiance to the country is everything. At the Bureau of Anti-American Investigations, Bobby Grant is in charge of keeping America safe from dangerous radicals. But what happens when his job hits too close to home?
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ChopFist: Legend of the Lone Master
Inspired by actual events, the current ChopFist master must find an apprentice to pass his secret knowledge to. Failure would result in the demise of the ancient art of ChopFist. But can he find a worthy apprentice before it's too late?
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The River of History
Our connection with our shared history is deeper than it may feel. In "The River of History" we hear from an abolitionist and a slave trader when the United States was still young in order to examine how the shameful history of race based slavery affects us today.
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The Blood of Patriots
Battle lines are drawn. America is divided by race, heritage, and ideology. As tensions boil over, the fight grows deadly, and the country devolves into a state of war. But the next Civil War won't look like the last. There are no uniformed soldiers fighting on defined battle fields. The "Blood of Patriots" imagines what this new civil war might look like.
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Remembering the Future
In 1939 America was still in the grips of the Great Depression, and was nervously watching Europe descend into fascism and war, wondering if the conflict would draw them in as it had in the Great War barely more than two decades earlier. And yet, optimism was palpable. Technology and industry were racing forward to a brighter future. And nowhere was that more apparent than in the 1939 World's Fair.
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Embrace Failure
Would you vote for someone who promises failure? Maybe you should consider it. "Embrace Failure" is a powerful argument in favor of reevaluating how we understand failure.
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