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August 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
August 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Two women play unexpected roles in the resolution of the disputed presidential election of 1876 in "The Transit of Venus," published by @thewritelaunch.bsky.social Thanks to The Write Launch for their support!
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The Gilded Cage | Novel Chapter by David Kennedy in the May 9, 2025 issue of The Write Launch
The Justices’ conference room, ordinarily the witness to judicial sparring, now became the battlefield for a newspaper war. Justice Stephen Field led the first charge, greeting his colleagues the day ...
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May 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
John Marshall Harlan's rise to the Supreme Court was inextricably tied to the disputed election of 1876. My latest story sets the stage ...
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The Gilded Cage | Novel Chapter by David Kennedy in the March 8, 2025 issue of The Write Launch
The sun blazed down upon Cave Hill Cemetery, bathing the graves of the fallen with tribute for their ultimate sacrifice. John Marshall Harlan stood among an impatient crowd. He knew some of the men in...
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March 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My stories about the courts in the Gilded Age take a darker turn with the retrial of perpetrators of the Colfax Massacre. thewritelaunch.com/2025/01/ordi...
There's a silver lining -- the community recently rallied together to create a memorial for those who died. www.colfaxmemorial.org
The Gilded Cage | Novel Chapter by David Kennedy in the January 12, 2025 issue of The Write Launch
Laurenda did not like the look of those men, not at all. She had been hanging the washing up on the clothesline behind the cabin when she heard the tortured whinnying of horses driven too hard, and th...
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January 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Here's a fictionalized retelling of how Ulysses S. Grant fumbled his way to his seventh choice for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. It's "Veep" but 150 years ago. Thanks again to thewritelaunch.com for their support!

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The Gilded Cage | Novel Chapter by David Kennedy in the November 4, 2024 issue of The Write Launch
Colonel George Corkhill of the Chronicle was ushered into Justice Samuel Miller’s parlor, and anxiously removed his hat. His face was flushed, and his countenance bore the marks of bad news. “The posi...
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November 24, 2024 at 10:42 PM