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The following are quotes from my punk novella Trieste<\/a>, a tale of strange and sudden family relations in the punk scene. <\/p>\n

Power punk couple Miranda and Preston have their worlds turned around by the appearance of a pixie punk. as the past comes around to haunt them.<\/p>\n

Think of the following quotes them as mini-excerpts!<\/p>\n

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    \u201cI am not cute! I\u2019m mean an\u2019 ugly an\u2019 scary!\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cWell, I remember the phrase ‘Du nervst, du Scheisskopf,’ but I still don’t know what it means.\u201d<\/p>\n

     \u201cDon\u2019t sneak up on me like that,\u201d smiled Miranda. \u201cI might think it\u2019s an ex.\u201d
\n      \u201cLike, one of the exes I should be worried about?\u201d<\/p>\n

     \u201cOkay, who here likes Human League?\u201d shouted Molly after their third song. Molly\u2019s question was met with hawks and heckles from the collected audience. <\/p>\n

    \u201cYou fucking nailed it, you gorgeous bitch!\u201d <\/p>\n

    Miranda sat back, glancing around the late-night burger diner with all of its faux retro decorations. It was crowded with punks from the Gilman show. Half of the crowd had dyed-black hair, while many of the other half had bright and colorful locks; dyed green, blue, fire-engine red, and one particularly noticeable punk with a leopard skin print mohawk.
\n      Most everyone was wearing leather jackets, old army surplus jackets, flight jackets, and denim jackets, usually covered with patches and pins. A number of people in the crowd looked like college students, small groups of people who had been at the show who were just wearing band shirts and didn\u2019t have any of the typical punk affectations that were so common among that tribe.<\/p>\n

    \u201cDo you have some sorta problem with me makin\u2019 more money than you?\u201d
\n      \u201cNo! Of course not. Honestly, it\u2019s kinda nice havin\u2019 a sugar momma.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as paranoia!\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cYou guys need any help?\u201d asked Miranda as she walked up to the stage.
\n      \u201cYeah,\u201d said Trilly as she whipped her dreads out of her face. \u201cMolly left a vibrator up my ass. It\u2019s still on. Y\u2019think you could reach in an\u2019 get it?\u201d
\n      \u201cHell no. Molly put it in there, so make her get it out!\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cIs there anything else I should know about you?\u201d
\n      \u201cWell, we can have a sit down sometime an\u2019 go through the list.\u201d<\/p>\n

    I\u2019m wondering how these guys got so damn popular though, bein\u2019 as almost all of their songs are in that funny foreign language.\u201d
\n      \u201cHell, you can\u2019t understand half the shit regular English singers are sayin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Miranda knitted her brow. \u201cWhy are you getting so suspicious?\u201d
\n      \u201cBecause The Dynamite Chicks keep getting bigger and bigger, and that means more people coming around, nosing into things an\u2019 trying to hustle. Hell, industry reps are starting to stalk other members of the band besides Skye, trying to sneak in.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cSometimes my junky instincts clue me in on bullshit I\u2019d rather not know about.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cHey, me n\u2019 Miranda caught someone checkin\u2019 you out.\u201d
\n      \u201cSure you did,\u201d snarked Preston.
\n      \u201cNo, really! She was lookin\u2019 at you like you were a forty ouncer!\u201d<\/p>\n

     Miranda pointed at the scar on her neck. \u201cI didn\u2019t get that because I cut myself shaving. I got it from a fight I started, a fight I started for completely stupid reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

     \u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t think I could live a boring life if I tried.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Miranda sat back down as she felt a wave of embarrassment. \u201cDon\u2019t be too impressed. I’m just another fucked-up punk.\u201d
\n      Trieste looked at her with deep eyes. \u201cHow can you say that?\u201d
\n      \u201cWhat? It\u2019s true. I\u2019ve been a hot mess all my life.\u201d
\n      Trieste fixed her eyes on Miranda. \u201cYou know how many punks have a mad crush on you? How many people just think you\u2019re a fucking god, tall an\u2019 beautiful and ripping up the stage all the time? Do you have any idea how many people want you to be in their bands?\u201d
\n      Miranda looked down at the floor as Trieste kept talking.
\n      \u201cI know half a dozen girls my age learnin\u2019 to play bass, or who want to be a singer, just because a\u2019 you an\u2019 Molly. You ain\u2019t no fucked-up punk. You ain\u2019t like the rest. All those girls would be crushed to hear you say that.\u201d<\/p>\n

     She saw another punk grab a chair and slowly sit down. She was short and thin with stringy multi-colored hair that flayed out in all directions. She was wearing an old and cracked leather jacket and hobbling along with a walking cane.
\n      Miranda had noticed her slight limp when she walked up. She soon noticed her crow\u2019s feet, a few deep lines in her face, and random strands of gray hair poking through her hair dye.
\n      Miranda looked down at her feet. She wondered about her body, how she had put it through so much abuse from drinking, junk, and fighting. She felt the tight parts of her body, the spots with thick skin where she had been cut, where she had cut herself, along with the scars from all of the club and alleyway fights. She felt the thick scar on her neck throb.
\n      It was an odd feeling for her, thinking about her age. She was just past thirty, but she thought about how she was less than a decade away from being forty. <\/p>\n

Grab a copy of Trieste here!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/book\/trieste\/<\/a><\/center><\/em><\/p>\n


\nMiranda’s life story is told in my novel Blood, Skin, and Ink<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/book\/blood-skin-and-ink\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Miranda Scholl first appeared in my novel A Long Slow Aftermath.
The story of Preston’s journey after drug rehab.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/book\/a-long-slow-aftermath\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Miranda is also a major supporting character in my two book series The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright. Buy the Rise and Fall series here:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/book-series\/skye-wright-series\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Click the pic of young Miranda to
\nsee another sneak peek of the very beginning of her novel!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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