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Timely fiction: money woes, divorce, war in Iraq

POOKOO, a new satire by D.L. Shiloh, has eerie overtones that fit today's headlines. Check out the parallels in this new piece of fiction. It won't change the price of gas, but you can identify with what its characters go through.

2008-09-17, 159 views, By Homefield Multimedia

Society allows the “Bad Boy” image to grow unchecked

A new satire questions the exploits of 'supposed heroes' in the media, sports and society. Its author says the behavior is “an American sport that should be banned for life.”

2008-08-30, 341 views, By Homefield Multimedia

Watch the Olympics, then check out this satire

Like Vonnegut, John Irving and Richard Brautigan, a new satire about an Olympian questions our taste for celebs - and what makes a hero. It also has a 6-foot lobster in it who's becoming a YouTube sensation.

2008-08-21, 158 views, By Homefield Multimedia

Satire Looks At Celebrity Worship, Athletes, And Mascots

A new satire by former small-town newspaper sports editor D.L. Shiloh tackles the world of instant and meaningless celebrity, with the backdrop of a bad economy and a war that was in Iraq. Of course, it's 1991.

2008-08-16, 321 views, By homefield

Historian Contracted to Author Book about Abraham Lincoln’s Farm in Coles County, Illinois

Privately-held Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Historical Farm, LLC has contracted Dr. Kurt W. Peterson, Ph.D., to author a book detailing the history of a tract of land once owned by Abraham Lincoln.

2008-02-18, 316 views, By Road Ranger LLC

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