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Experimental literature and art

Author: Roaming Snyder

Ronald Hoffman is an artist and poet from West Michigan. Under the pen name Barnabas Collins he is the author of the chapbook of verses called The Ballads of Barnabas Collins. His art is illustrative of the human condition as told through Jungian archetypes and can be seen at www.facebook.com/rjhoffmanart. He hails from snowy West Michigan. As a songwriter and player, also under the pen name Barnabas Collins, his music project, Roaming Snyder, produced a self titled hard rock instrumental in 2013, as well as the lp Autumn Years in 2015. “I see the child as father of the man, and as a fifty year old can see the symbols of my youth writ large upon my theater of reality.”
April 4, 2021 fiction

Number Two

“Ready to go?” Bork barks as he opens the back door. I am finishing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich

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April 4, 2021 poetry

Message from a Dead Mother

The Soul In Need and the Giver RJHoffman I wouldn’t want to take anything that makes you happy and it’s

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April 4, 2021 art

Horror Art

My illustrations like this one reflect my love of the horror genre. The Night Stalker, The X-Files, and Millennium were

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August 20, 2020 fiction / short story

Candy Corona

Candy Corona clenches her gut and clamps her lips as a droplet of saliva, caught between a breath and a

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May 25, 2020 The Confessor of Littlefield

#10 The Confessor of Littlefield

Most humans learn to speak before they learn to wipe. Speaking proceeds from the need caused by the itch. Because

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May 22, 2020 poetry

Scavengers

Seven swallows pecking seeds chasing chickadees and bickering A surly sparrow not necessarily the strongest but the meanest strikes back

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May 20, 2020 The Confessor of Littlefield

#9 The Confessor of Littlefield: The Node

This is another short story from the novel The Confessor of Littlefield. The narrator, Adam is exploring his own identity

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May 18, 2020 The Confessor of Littlefield

#8 Confessor of Littlefield: Baked Potato Cop with Runny Eggs Eyes

Confessor of Littlefield #8 This is a story within the novel The Confessor of Littlefield. Within the narrative of the

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May 3, 2020 poetry

Bakers and Butchers

Bakers and Butchers Two voices loosely strung together, symbiotic each with unknown origins prying forward with the least resistance through

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May 2, 2020 The Confessor of Littlefield

#7 The Confessor of Littlefield: The Wiper and the Blade

My own persona is building itself into the greater circle of John Hapflik, Bill Dinklpfuss, and this small Great Lakes

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