Dan Leo
@bashonregardless.bsky.social
Z-List novelist and short-story writer.
Anti-fascism, the early years. A snippet of a letter my dad wrote to his mom, 2/1/45, from a hospital in England where he was recovering after losing a leg fighting Nazis:
"They were talking about my outfit in a news broadcast today. They're really going to town now. I wish I was with them..."
"They were talking about my outfit in a news broadcast today. They're really going to town now. I wish I was with them..."
October 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Anti-fascism, the early years. A snippet of a letter my dad wrote to his mom, 2/1/45, from a hospital in England where he was recovering after losing a leg fighting Nazis:
"They were talking about my outfit in a news broadcast today. They're really going to town now. I wish I was with them..."
"They were talking about my outfit in a news broadcast today. They're really going to town now. I wish I was with them..."
King Donald is mad as hell about those anti-fascists!
October 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
King Donald is mad as hell about those anti-fascists!
Are you an annoying character? A fantastically self-involved character? A psycho? A bore? Someone you would avoid in real life? Is it time to work on your “character arc”? Of course if your character is that person who is completely devoid of self-awareness then this is a pointless exercise...
October 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Are you an annoying character? A fantastically self-involved character? A psycho? A bore? Someone you would avoid in real life? Is it time to work on your “character arc”? Of course if your character is that person who is completely devoid of self-awareness then this is a pointless exercise...
Continuing with my photographic retrospective titled "Antifa: The Early Years", here's my dad, Ed Leo, with his mom, Rose Reilly Leo, before he went to Europe to fight fascists in 1944, and where he left one of his legs...
October 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Continuing with my photographic retrospective titled "Antifa: The Early Years", here's my dad, Ed Leo, with his mom, Rose Reilly Leo, before he went to Europe to fight fascists in 1944, and where he left one of his legs...
Herewith our latest fortnightly episode in this critically-unacclaimed roman fleuve of the early years of the so-called Beat Generation...
"With Dubious Intent"
Another true tale of la vie de la bohème by Dan Leo Illustrations and additional dialogue by rhoda penmarq , exclusively for quinn...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Herewith our latest fortnightly episode in this critically-unacclaimed roman fleuve of the early years of the so-called Beat Generation...
"Okay, here's the plan," said Addison.
"A plan?"
"We pick a random direction, and the first bar we reach, we go in and have a shot and a beer."
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"A plan?"
"We pick a random direction, and the first bar we reach, we go in and have a shot and a beer."
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"Over the Edge"
Another tale of la vie de la bohème by Dan Leo Illustrations and additional dialogue by rhoda penmarq exclusively for quinnmartin...
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September 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Okay, here's the plan," said Addison.
"A plan?"
"We pick a random direction, and the first bar we reach, we go in and have a shot and a beer."
flophouse777.blogspot.com/2025/09/over...
"A plan?"
"We pick a random direction, and the first bar we reach, we go in and have a shot and a beer."
flophouse777.blogspot.com/2025/09/over...
Another perhaps justifiably forgotten tale from the archives, free, gratis and for nothing on Substack...
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“Goldfarb’s Holler”
Jace Calhoun had always tried to be a good feller.
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August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Another perhaps justifiably forgotten tale from the archives, free, gratis and for nothing on Substack...
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{Just in case you missed yesterday's broadcast of the DuMont Network's Schaefer Award Bohemian Theatre, starring James Dean as "Milford" and Dan Duryea as "Addison", and featuring Henry Travers as "Happy", here is a very special repeat presentation, brought to you by Husky Boy™ cigarettes…}
"The Meaning of Life"
"Let us start with Mr. Charrington," the tiny old man said to Addison. "Me?" said Addison. "Yes, please. Tell me of your life, such as i...
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August 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
{Just in case you missed yesterday's broadcast of the DuMont Network's Schaefer Award Bohemian Theatre, starring James Dean as "Milford" and Dan Duryea as "Addison", and featuring Henry Travers as "Happy", here is a very special repeat presentation, brought to you by Husky Boy™ cigarettes…}
"Do you want to know the meaning of life?" said Happy.
"Yes, please," said Milford.
"Then bend an ear my friends, and I shall tell you."
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"Yes, please," said Milford.
"Then bend an ear my friends, and I shall tell you."
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"The Meaning of Life"
Yet another tale of la vie de la bohème by Dan Leo Illustrations and additional dialogue by rhoda penmarq exclusively for quinnma...
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August 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"Do you want to know the meaning of life?" said Happy.
"Yes, please," said Milford.
"Then bend an ear my friends, and I shall tell you."
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"Yes, please," said Milford.
"Then bend an ear my friends, and I shall tell you."
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"I hear those Poles are some bad hombres, Adolf!"
August 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"I hear those Poles are some bad hombres, Adolf!"
"How high should I jump, Vlad?"
"Higher, fat boy!"
"Higher, fat boy!"
August 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"How high should I jump, Vlad?"
"Higher, fat boy!"
"Higher, fat boy!"
A cautionary tale from the archives, presented for your reading pleasure, free, gratis, and for nothing...
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“The Bottle on the Table”
Philip poured the last of the fifth of Cream of Kentucky into the glass, but it was okay, because he had a full bottle right there next to the empty one on his night table.
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August 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A cautionary tale from the archives, presented for your reading pleasure, free, gratis, and for nothing...
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“Two shots of Three-in-One oil,” said Mr. Fleeber to the bartender, “outa here.” And he laid a crumpled dollar bill on the bar.
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"Home"
“Where the hell ya takin’ me,” said Mickey Pumpernickel.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“Two shots of Three-in-One oil,” said Mr. Fleeber to the bartender, “outa here.” And he laid a crumpled dollar bill on the bar.
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"What I have to say is only this," said Addison, his voice assuming the heavily George Sandersesque tone he reserved for his most profound pronunciamentos...
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"Dim Corridors of Silence"
Neither of our friends could bear staying silent for much more than a minute in another person's presence, and so after fifty-nine seconds...
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July 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"What I have to say is only this," said Addison, his voice assuming the heavily George Sandersesque tone he reserved for his most profound pronunciamentos...
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"Because I've never said anything interesting or original in my life, and I very much doubt that I'm about to begin now."
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"Dim Corridors of Silence"
Another true tale of la vie de la bohème by Dan Leo Illustrations and additional dialogue by rhoda penmarq , exclusively for quin...
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July 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Because I've never said anything interesting or original in my life, and I very much doubt that I'm about to begin now."
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The dummy Mickey Pumpernickel had been sleeping the oblivious sleep of the just beside the ventriloquist Waldo McGee in their bed at the Parker Hotel, but somebody or something was tugging at his little arm and whispering in his little wooden ear.
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“The Code of the Dummies”
“Hey, Mickey, wake up.”
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July 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The dummy Mickey Pumpernickel had been sleeping the oblivious sleep of the just beside the ventriloquist Waldo McGee in their bed at the Parker Hotel, but somebody or something was tugging at his little arm and whispering in his little wooden ear.
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"Listen –" said Milford, "Ben is it?"
"Yes," said the man. "Ben. Ben the Bore. I'm surprised you remember my name. Most people don't. And I suppose you know why."
"Because you're so boring?"
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"Yes," said the man. "Ben. Ben the Bore. I'm surprised you remember my name. Most people don't. And I suppose you know why."
"Because you're so boring?"
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"Onward Into the Dark"
Another true tale of la vie de la bohème by Dan Leo Illustrations and additional dialogue by rhoda penmarq, exclusively for quinn...
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July 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Listen –" said Milford, "Ben is it?"
"Yes," said the man. "Ben. Ben the Bore. I'm surprised you remember my name. Most people don't. And I suppose you know why."
"Because you're so boring?"
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"Yes," said the man. "Ben. Ben the Bore. I'm surprised you remember my name. Most people don't. And I suppose you know why."
"Because you're so boring?"
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“Living in the past.”
“You can’t do that,” said Mickey.
“No,” said Mr. Fleeber. “Once you do that you’re dead. You might still be walking around, but you’re dead. Dead inside.”
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“You can’t do that,” said Mickey.
“No,” said Mr. Fleeber. “Once you do that you’re dead. You might still be walking around, but you’re dead. Dead inside.”
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“The Secret Language of Dummies”
Waldo McGee was on his good behavior.
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July 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“Living in the past.”
“You can’t do that,” said Mickey.
“No,” said Mr. Fleeber. “Once you do that you’re dead. You might still be walking around, but you’re dead. Dead inside.”
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“You can’t do that,” said Mickey.
“No,” said Mr. Fleeber. “Once you do that you’re dead. You might still be walking around, but you’re dead. Dead inside.”
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"It's because you're both inveterate bores, like everybody else in this place, and you're not happy unless you're boring someone and sucking the life force right out of them."
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"Bar Bores"
"This place doesn't seem so bad," said Addison, drawing a dirty ashtray closer, and tapping his Chesterfield ash into it. "Don't you agree...
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July 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"It's because you're both inveterate bores, like everybody else in this place, and you're not happy unless you're boring someone and sucking the life force right out of them."
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"I myself am composing an epic novel, or perhaps a roman fleuve, on the hideousness of contemporary America, while my friend Mack is writing, uh –"
"An epic poem, in hexameters," said Milford, "on the hopelessness of human existence."
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"An epic poem, in hexameters," said Milford, "on the hopelessness of human existence."
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"Bar Bores"
A sadly true tale of la vie de la bohème by Dan Leo Illustrations and additional dialogue by rhoda penmarq, exclusively for quinn...
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July 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"I myself am composing an epic novel, or perhaps a roman fleuve, on the hideousness of contemporary America, while my friend Mack is writing, uh –"
"An epic poem, in hexameters," said Milford, "on the hopelessness of human existence."
flophouse777.blogspot.com/2025/07/bar-...
"An epic poem, in hexameters," said Milford, "on the hopelessness of human existence."
flophouse777.blogspot.com/2025/07/bar-...
A short romantic comedy from the archives, presented free, gratis, and for nothing on Substack...
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“Say There, Young Fellow!”
It had been Terry Foley’s luck (whether good or bad no one could say) to complete his modicum of required military service between the end of the Second World War and the beginning of the Korean polic...
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July 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A short romantic comedy from the archives, presented free, gratis, and for nothing on Substack...
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"By the way, if you're hungry, we have a baloney and American cheese on white bread sandwich special tonight, with your choice of Gulden's yellow mustard or Hellman's mayonnaise. It's a bargain at two bits."
"We'll bear that in mind," said Addison.
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"We'll bear that in mind," said Addison.
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"The Bore-Ass"
The two companions walked down the dim corridor in silence until they came to a junction where the corridor continued straight ahead into ...
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July 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"By the way, if you're hungry, we have a baloney and American cheese on white bread sandwich special tonight, with your choice of Gulden's yellow mustard or Hellman's mayonnaise. It's a bargain at two bits."
"We'll bear that in mind," said Addison.
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"We'll bear that in mind," said Addison.
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"What is the meaning of life?"
"To sit in bars, drinking, and speaking nonsense?"
"How did you know?"
"Just a wild guess.""
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"To sit in bars, drinking, and speaking nonsense?"
"How did you know?"
"Just a wild guess.""
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"The Bore-Ass"
Another true tale of la vie de la bohème by Dan Leo Illustrations and additional dialogue by rhoda penmarq, exclusively for quinn...
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July 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"What is the meaning of life?"
"To sit in bars, drinking, and speaking nonsense?"
"How did you know?"
"Just a wild guess.""
flophouse777.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
"To sit in bars, drinking, and speaking nonsense?"
"How did you know?"
"Just a wild guess.""
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