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member name: Roger Kiser
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June 10, 2008 09:17 PM EDT -- My short story titled "THE BULLY" was made into a short film by Edward Asner and producer/director Nicholas Delfino. It was very unusal to see one work on film. One day just a memory and . . . more
June 15, 2008 10:04 AM EDT -- Til Death Do Us Part Between the ages of six and fifteen, I had witnessed two murders, possibly three. I had seen at least ten dead bodies lying in the street, all while living on the streets, and . . . more
November 06, 2007 11:50 AM EST -- The CDs of "AMERICAN ORPHAN" (The best stories of Roger Dean Kiser) just arrived this morning and are now available at: http://www.geocities.com/trampolineone/survive/srv080.htm The sale of . . . more
December 27, 2007 04:27 PM EST -- ANOTHER ORPHAN'S LETTER Hi Roger, I have been crying all afternoon! I just purchased your book today at a book fair here in Los Angeles (near the LAX airport area) while taking my 2 young girls . . . more
June 09, 2008 04:46 PM EDT -- As this is the anniversary of my orphan brother Davids death; I thought I would repost this story "SISSY-BOYS" As we kids left the dining room at the orphanage, my friend David . . . more
October 12, 2008 04:33 PM EDT -- Those of you who have read my books and stories know of the horrors we children suffered at the hands of the State of Florida. On October the 19th the Miami Herald will release a story in their paper . . . more
January 12, 2008 02:54 PM EST -- "GOD, you are right. He is a freak with that ear all stuck against his head like that," said one of the girls, as I walked past them at Landon Junior-Senior High School in Jacksonville. Being . . . more
December 26, 2007 04:25 PM EST -- Television shows have turned into nothing more than a freak show. Tattoos from head to toe, biting the heads off animals to show us how to survive should we ever get stranded. Whatever is disgusting and . . . more
June 26, 2008 09:37 PM EDT -- During the triple points ordeal I ask my gather friends to help me raise enough points to get a Home Depot gift card to help my son build a shed for his lawnmower and tools. I was able to get $125.00 . . . more
A very important note
by Roger Kiser
views: 19 | rating: 10 | comments: 7
August 24, 2007 11:17 AM EDT -- It had been many a year since I stood in front of Preston's Drug store. It is located where Beach and Atlantic Boulevard come together on the south side of Jacksonville, Florida. This was the store . . . more
July 03, 2008 12:48 PM EDT -- This is a very unusual story. It is one that is very difficult for me to tell. Not only because of the incident itself but trying to tell the story in such a manner that it is not crude or disrespectful. . . . more
January 16, 2008 06:46 PM EST -- I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I have always considered myself just a regular old fellow. I live in a twenty-two year old doublewide mobile home, in Brunswick, Georgia; drive a truck . . . more
October 17, 2007 08:57 PM EDT -- Needing to get something laminated I headed down to Staples Office Supply. Getting out of my truck I saw a Coca Cola stand set up in front of the store. Written on the side was a hand printed poster which . . . more
August 23, 2008 03:34 PM EDT -- I remember very the first time I met him. I couldn't have been 12 years old or so; I really can't remember my exact age. I was ordered by the Juvenile Judge, Marion Gooding to go with this . . . more
August 16, 2008 01:35 PM EDT -- Well, many of my gather friends suggested that I take ten days to think things over before deciding to close our home child advocate's office. The individual who flagged my article, advising people . . . more
April 12, 2008 04:41 PM EDT -- If I had to choose just one person who has affected my life more than any other individual, it would have to be Mayme Winters or "Mother Winters," as we called her at the orphanage. I am not . . . more
"COME ON IDIOT"
by Roger Kiser
views: 62 | rating: 10 | comments: 23
June 05, 2008 10:32 AM EDT -- I realize as responsible adults we must watch what we say, especially when children and grandchildren are in the area. I am probably one of the most impatient men living on the face of this earth or . . . more
June 09, 2008 04:54 PM EDT -- THE MOST HONEST MAN I EVER KNEW Thinking back upon my younger days as a child in the orphanage, then later on to my teenage reform school days, a few jail days, and finally my adult days in prison; . . . more
June 20, 2008 12:23 PM EDT -- I know that everyone who has grandchildren is very proud of them. There is this hope that their offspring will have a happy life and that the world will be a much better place than it was when they were . . . more
August 14, 2008 11:48 AM EDT -- Hopefully, by expressing my opinion, as well as my feelings about this subject, I am not lessoning what the term slavery actually means. I know that many African Americans suffered greatly at the hands . . . more
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