medicman65's profile

AGE: 44
LOC: New Orleans, LA
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: August 18

I work full-time as a paramedic for 911 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA as well as working as an emergency room RN. This provides me copious material for my stories as well as insight on human nature.
I have written for Best of New Orleans magazine, Boots’n’all.com and Hostelworld.com. I also worked as editor & staff writer for Liquid magazine here in New Orleans.
I recently completed my first book, “Found Wanting”, for which I am seeking help to publish.
The main site to which I post my original work is http://newburningtiger.blogspot.com

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Found Wanting Chapter 12 Marc and Brian went about the rest of their shift as if nothing unusual had happened, other than Brian feeling nervous and occasionally asking Marc about his “therapy.” They were truly partners now, linked by more than just working in the same ambulance together. “I take it you’ve never gotten caught?” asked Brian. “No. Closest was when you kept asking about that dialysis code we had a few months ago. Yes, that was one of mine. The ...

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Found Wanting Chapter 11 Brian had stopped crying by the time he got home. He was worried Tammy might have decided to stay over and didn’t want her to see him bawling; he didn’t want to tell anyone yet what he now knew. After getting undressed and showering, he took a beer from the fridge and sat down in front of the TV with the remote in his hand. An hour later, the TV was still off, the beer warm and flat. He realized he had been sitting there thinking about Marc the whole time....

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Found Wanting Chapter 10 “What’s that?” Marc asked as they pulled into the convenience store to get their usual morning cup of coffee. “Let’s get our coffee,” answered Brian. He had been thinking about the empty vial of Potassium Chloride he had found. He had gotten distracted since his shift with Joyce; dealing with paramedic class, calling in sick, recuperating from a rough week. After a few days he had nearly forgotten about the unusual medication he had...

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Found Wanting Chapter 9 Brian and Joyce managed to avoid any more calls for the rest of the shift. The West Bank had entered its quiescent phase. Despite the quiet, the last hour of the shift was always the most anxiety-driven. Waiting there for the end of the shift and to go home, but anticipating the possibility of receiving a late call made it impossible for Brian and Joyce to rest or study. You can’t do anything productive while you’re waiting for something. Brian was schedule...

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Found Wanting Chapter 8 Brian went home and fell asleep quickly. He was too tired to pay much attention to the little voice in his head. It had been an exhausting shift and he had to be up early. No doubt the weirdness was because of being tired. ‘Who cares if fucking Ivan Sunville died, anyway? Good riddance.' The next morning he went to paramedic class; fortunately it was over by noon. He had signed up to work overtime on Monday and his shift started at 6 p.m., allowing him a nap befo...

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by oknapp

See your portrait on oppicital chiffonier - still dunno what oppicital is! Before we tour my inter-cranial cellar - I believe you mean "intracranial"; inter cranial would denote interaction between different crania; intracranial denotes activity within one cranium. Other than these, it seems flawless!

by ShelbyRayne

Excellent irony, sarcasm & wit! Could've done with a dozen fewer "after Czar's" and you misspelled "quite." Other wise quite entertaining and clear.

by Nathaniel_Neelund

To dumb down my blues - speed bump in the poem In simple prose, In simple rhyme - Since this is strictly verse, leave out the reference to prose. my Martian sea. - another speed bump. "Martian"? Where did that come from?

by maggers_ann

You have an intriguing story here. The two chapters contrast nicely with each other, but we get a sense of continuity from the personality of Nicole. She seems a little too willing to accept her new role as a Guiding Angel (but of course, what choice does she have?). I was a little confused as to the relationship of the guiding angel and the guide. Who is guiding whom? Since we see that the angel is inside the "guide," perhaps a better word for the human would be "host." A few technical detai...

by Apatheticwriter13

This has great potential, but you don't really bring up anything that we all haven't seen already. We know we die, from birth on. Perhaps writing a short story with Death as a physical person would be more compelling. Someone has to hold that "scythe" anyway. True, this isn't an original concept, but build some suspense, get the reader to question something, tell a story rather than write an editorial.

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