Tag: interview

All Stories, General Fiction, Historical

Angola Togo Conversations with Samuel Little and Jim Jones by Frederick K Foote

literallystories2014

I’m Angola Togo, a journalist. Recently, I listed influential people I would love to interview to better understand our history and the human condition.  

This list included Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, Hammurabi, Hannibal, Budda, Cleopatra, Shakespeare, Napoleon, Mahatma Gandhi, The Dalai Lama, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sojourner Truth, Martin Luther King, Jr., Muhammad Ali, Paul Roberson, Langston Hughes, Albert Einstein, Zora Neale Hurston, Jackie Robinson, James Baldwin, Nina Simon, Octavia Butler, Jimmy Carter, and Lyndon Baines Johnson.

Continue reading “Angola Togo Conversations with Samuel Little and Jim Jones by Frederick K Foote” →
Short Fiction, Sunday whoever

Interview Steven

ireneallison12

This week we take a deeper look into the mind of site friend and excellent contributor Steven French. To date, no one has gone Turtle on us; everyone has replied brilliantly, as has Steven who is a relative newcomer to LS, but a person whose impact has already been widely appreciated.

Continue reading “Interview Steven” →
All Stories, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Anniversary by Nik Eveleigh

Nik

typewriter

“…and when I asked him if he had any banking experience do you know what he said?”

Toby grins. Waits for the punchline.

“He said… and I quote…” Alan straightens his tie, leans back for effect. “He said… I’ve had a savings account since I was fifteen.”

Alan Ward is not the kind of boss who waits for subordinate approval. He’s a table thumping, bellowing roar kind of a guy and stays true to form. “A savings account? If the little shit had managed a current account I might have employed him for the hell of it.”

Toby shakes his head. Rueful smile, thinks about what to say. Settles for an agreeable but flimsy “Savings account!” and another head shake.

Continue reading “Anniversary by Nik Eveleigh” →