#terry forrestal

[mariocki]

Play for Today: Psy-Warriors (BBC, 1981)

"A bomb scare at Aldershot. I see. Attributed to the Provisional IRA."

"They haven't claimed responsibility."

"What if the bomb had gone off?"

"Then the Provisional IRA would've claimed responsibility. Well, why not, eh? We help keep the terrorist's cause in the public eye and the terrorist helps us justify the need for greater security. What's called a symbiotic relationship, I believe."

#play for today #psy warriors #single play #alan clarke #david leland #bbc #1981 #classic tv #rosalind ayres #anthony bate #colin blakely #warren clarke #julian curry #john duttine #derrick o'connor #laurence payne #bill stewart #roger evans #terry forrestal #david mcgaw #decided to mark Leland's passing by watching one of his most fearless‚ most politically charged pieces. decried by the rightwing media as #IRA propaganda and criticised by some leftists as a sadistic softening up of an unrealising populace‚ depicting brutal torture techniques #both physical and mental‚ featuring actual footage of a summary execution as well as a great deal of full frontal nudity‚ it's nothing #short of a minor miracle that this was ever made‚ let alone transmitted. that it was speaks to the tenacity of writer Leland director #Clarke and particularly producer June Roberts. this began life as a stage work by Leland‚ origins which are fairly clear still in this tv #adaptation; Clarke adds a lot tho‚ with his trademark formality (almost choreography) of composition and the cooly disturbing dispassionate #nature with which horror upon horror is doled out. a devastating examination of the psychology of war and of the soldier‚ of indoctrination #and of conditioning with a single purpose: of violence and of violent reprisal to violence. it's an alarmingly prescient piece in some ways #and a perfect example of Leland's quietly controlled rage at an unjust and dangerous system within a larger frame of injustice and violence #now more than ever we need more David Lelands. rip

[bullet-prooflove]

Valentine's Day Bingo Completed and Scheduled!

All fics have been written and booked in between 31st Jan - 29th Feb

Some of the character selections have changed because the pairings weren't working for me.

All fics are currently on early release over on Patreon if you want to read them before they hit Tumblr otherwise please see the schedule below:

31st Jan: Whiskey - Che 'Taza' Romero x Ben Harrison - Taza and Ben haven't talked about what happened on New Year's Eve. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Hates Valentine's Day)

1st Feb: Tinder - Terry Bruno x Reader - Terry discovers you’re single when he downloads Tinder (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Dating App)

2nd Feb: Polaroid - EZ Reyes x Reader (NSFW) - EZ finds the pictures you’ve left in his book (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Naughty Pictures)

3rd Feb: Coffee Shop AU: Blind Date - Neron 'Creeper’ Vargas x Reader - Neron is surprised to meet his blind date (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Blind Date)

4th Feb: Love Letter - Criminal!Joe (feat: Terry Bruno) - Terry gives you the letter Joe left for you. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Love Letter)

5th Feb: Moment - Filip 'Chibs’ Telford x Reader (NSFW) - Chibs savours the moments he has with you. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Secret Relationship)

6th Feb: Napa - Juan 'Juice’ Ortiz x Reader - Juice takes you on an overnight trip to Napa. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Wine Tasting)

7th Feb: High - Jubal Valentine x Reader - The evening takes a violent turn when you run into your ex Nestor Vertiz. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Seeing Your Ex)

8th Feb: Bold - Damien Powell x Reader - Damien hasn't kissed a woman in years. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Champagne Kisses)

9th Feb: Red - Bobby Goren x Reader - You tease Bobby in the Squad Room. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Red)

10th Feb: Makapipi Falls - Jesse Boone x Reader - Jesse tells you the truth about his feelings during a trip to Makapipi Falls. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Feelings)

11th Feb: Commitment - Tig Trager x Reader - You'll never be Tig's wife, but then again he'll never be your husband. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Expensive Jewellery)

12th Feb: Moonlight - Benny Miller x Reader - Benny's always found the water soothing. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Moonlit Stroll)

13th Feb: King (NSFW) - Angel Reyes x Reader - Angel's Reina needs her king. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Lace)

14th Feb: Mix Tape - Will Trent x Reader - Will finds an unexpected gift on his desk. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Homemade Gift)

15th Feb: Stillwater - Stuart Scola x Reader - Things take a sinister turn after a surprise gift arrives at the house. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Secret Admirer)

19th Feb: When in Rome - Scott Forrester x Reader - Scott waits up for you after a depressing case. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Hotel Stay)

20th Feb: Break (NSFW) - Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson x Reader - Beau inspires you to take a break. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Forgetting)

22nd Feb: Blossom (NSFW) - Michael 'Riz' Ariza x Reader - Riz and you invite a third into the bedroom. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Wild Night)

23rd Feb: Paint (NSFW) - OA Zidan x Reader - You help Omar to relax in a creative way. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Body Paint)

24th Feb: Fair - Vostanik Sabatino x Reader - You find Nik sitting on your doorstep. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Single on Valentine's Day)

25th Feb: Gifts - Nestor Oceteva x Reader - Nestor always works Valentine's Day. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Working on Valentine's Day)

27th Feb: No Questions Asked - Damien Powell x Reader - You give Damien a place to call home when he first arrives in Budapest. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Romantic Meal)

28th Feb: Kicking - Bishop Losa x Reader - Bishop feels his daughter kick for the first time during Coco's wedding reception. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Slow Dance)

29th Feb: Pink - Connor Rhodes x Reader - Connor thinks back to the day the two of you met. (Valentine’s Day Bingo: Wearing Pink)

#joe velasco #terry bruno #nestor oceteva #connor rhodes #bishop losa #valentines day bingo #damien powell #scott forrester #vostanik sabatino #oa zidan #michael riz ariza #beau simpson #jubal valentine #stuart scola #will trent #angel reyes #ez reyes #benny miller #tig trager #chibs telford #bobby goren #jesse boone #taza romero #juice ortiz #neron creeper vargas

[altfire]

oh my god they were roommates

#forrest #watch your feet #rems selfie tag #this is terry as i mentioned in the tags on that other post

[therealmrpositive]

Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)

In today's review, i find that the undead can do a number on the property prices, as I attempt a positive review of Return of the Living Dead Part 2 #JamesKaren #ThomMathews #MarshaDietlein #DanaAshbrook #MichaelKenworthy #PhilBruns #SuzanneSnyder

We typically think we are safe in our homes. Sure, there is an endless supply of true-crime documentaries to convince you otherwise, but for the most part, we have nothing to fear. At least from anything natural, that is. In 1988, the redacted incident of Kentucky got enlarged on a grander scale in Return of the Living Dead Part II. Bringing the undead to suburbia, is a fun move for the sequel…

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#1988 #Allan Trautman #comedy #Dana Ashbrook #Don Maxwell #Douglas Benson #film #films #Forrest J Ackerman #horror #James Karen #Jason Hogan #Jonathan Terry #Marsha Dietlein #Michael Kenworthy #Mitch Pileggi #Movies #Phil Bruns #positive #review #Sally Smythe #Suzanne Snyder #Thom Mathews #Thor Van Lingen

[letterboxd-loggd]

The Ring (1927) Alfred Hitchcock

March 18th 2024

#the ring #1927 #alfred hitchcock #carl brisson #lillian hall-davis #ian hunter #gordon harker #harry terry #forrester harvey #clare greet

[jaynedolluk]

#emma forrest #terry hall #the specials #fun boy three

[ask-the-rag-dolly]

// just ... just take it . here , songs i associate with this blog except they're links because i don't have a spotify , //

ATRD

Introduction To The Snow by Miracle Musical "you'll live forever tonight."

Kitchen Fork by Jack Conte "where, oh, where do we go next?"

The Mind Electric by Miracle Musical "see how the brain plays around?"

Sleepwalk by Forrest Day "then it becomes, it becomes, it becomes a problem."

Everybody Likes You by Lemon Demon "does anybody like me?"

every day by bo en "stick with me, you'll find your purpose is near!"

dumb dumb by mazie "there must be something in the corn flakes!"

HOUSEWIFE RADIO by GHOST "in the sewing machine i've lost myself."

The Soul Eclectic by Chonny Jash "tridential regicide - i won't hesitate to kill my heart and mind."

Bruno Is Orange by Hop Along "please be a good man, please say you won't tell."

—

the bane of my existence THE INFLUENCER

SOLUS by emily jeffri "i know you're alone!"

Laplace's Angel (Hurt People? Hurt People!) by Will Wood "the only ones in need of love are those who don't receive enough."

Eat You by Caravan of Thieves "i'm gonna breathe you in my lungs and make you mine."

The Dismemberment Song by Blue Kid "i'm not gonna hurt you... yet."

Pomegranate Seeds by Julian Moon "i get what i want, one way or the other,"

Bad (I'm Better) by AamityMae "i got the juice to throw your train off the track..."

Terry's Taxidermy by Teddy Hyde "i'll remedy the death of thee , your memory forever seen - i'll set you free!"

Brutus by The Buttress "i don't want what you have, i wanna be you!"

Spiral of Ants by Lemon Demon "the circle rules your life."

Lifetime Achievement Award by Lemon Demon "you earned this new purpose."

#[ ooc ] #[ THE INFLUENCER ]

[angelxd-3303]

Sorry if this is like a weird question and I'm not exactly sure how to word it so bear with me, but do you have any tips on how to write more beautifully? Like poetically because you do it so well and I like it.

Yeah, that's it I love your art and I hope you have a nice day!

Not weird at all! I honestly think that the things I used to read impacted the way I write. I was the kind of person who would read classical novels, so I've found that I have kind of an old-fashioned way of writing. My recommendation? Read classics. The way authors like L.M Montgomery and Jules Verne wrote is so fundamentally different from modern novels, and it really brings a poetic edge to my own writing.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne inspired me with it's unique characters.

White Fang by Jack London and Black Beauty by Anna Sewell helped me look at the world through a different perspective.

I cannot overstate the influence that J.R.R Tolkien had on my writing style. The way he describes places down to the trees and mountains, in a way that you can picture it in your mind, is so inspiring.

The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter is a wonderful story that celebrates the Cherokee culture, and the way nature and our place in it is described in such a beautiful way.

Another factor is the fact that I grew up studying the Bible. One could say that consistently reading a book over 6,000 years old and researching topics related to it tends to impact your writing, lol.

In short, my writing style has been built up for years. It was heavily influenced by the things I read, and I cannot recommend classic novels enough. Taking a page out of the books of the masters is a wonderful way to elevate both your personal vocabulary and your writing. Below is a list of my favorite no els, some of which I've mentioned:

1) Any Jules Verne novel. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, ect.

2) The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter.

3) White Fang by Jack London.

4) Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell.

5) Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery.

6) The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien.

7) Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

8) Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.

9) The Woman in the Wall by Patrice Kindl

10) The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Hope this helps!

#thanks for the ask! #book recommendations #read classics I'm begging #you will not regret it #writing tips

[artificial-radiance]

one of my twst ocs; Teddy Forrest

Twin brother to Terry Forrest, the two of them are RSA students. They both howled sadly over this since they wouldn't be attending the same school as their older adoptive brother Killian (who instead was enrolled at NRC).

Teddy + Terry are based on Tiger and Talbot [the dogs] from The Sword in the Stone (1963). Incredibly niche I know

#art #twst #disney twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland #twst oc #royal sword academy #clove's ocs: teddy forrest #dogboy #king arthur #sword in the stone #disney sword in the stone

[lvdbbooks]

2023年9月15日

【新入荷・新本】

Various Artists Newspaper, Primary Information, 2023

416 pages. 9.75 x 13.38 Inches. Paperback. Edition of 4500.

価格：7,480円（税込）

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1968年から1971年にかけてスティーヴ・ローレンスが発行し、ピーター・ヒュージャーとアンドリュー・ウルリックが編集に携わったニューヨーク発のタブロイド誌『Newspaper』の復刻版。

『Newspaper』は、言葉を使わず、写真だけを掲載した定期刊行物で、14号にわたって40人以上のアーティストの異質な活動を取り上げています。新しい作品と並行して流用された素材を掲載することに編集の重点を置き、1960年代後半の現代社会を象徴するハイカルチャーとローカルチャーの視覚的言語を体系化しようとしました。美術史的な言説からはほとんど見落とされているが、当時のアメリカで活躍し、尊敬されていた多数のアーティストと、新興のクィア・アーティストの仲間たちを紹介しています。

『Newspaper』は、1969年に創刊されたアンディ・ウォーホルの『Interview』や、レス・レヴィンの『Culture Hero』に先駆けるアーティストが発行するタブロイド誌のひとつですが、他のタブロイド紙とは対照的に、『Newspaper』はイメージに特化していました。

その全14号が初めてこの一冊にまとめられています。

Published by Steve Lawrence and edited with Peter Hujar and Andrew Ullrick, Newspaper was published in New York City between 1968 and 1971.

Newspaper was a wordless, picture-only periodical thatran for fourteen issues and featured the disparate practices of over forty artists. With an editorial focus on placing appropriated material alongside new works, the periodical sought to codify a visual language of high and low culture that represented contemporary society in the late 1960s. While largely overlooked in art-historical discourse, Newspaper showcased many of the most revered artists working in the United States at the time, as well as an emerging coterie of queer artists.

The mid to late sixties was a flourishing period for artists experimenting with new media formats such as books, records, and magazines to create or distribute their work. Newspaper was one of the first artist-published tabloids of its era, preceding Andy Warhol’s Interview and Les Levine’s Culture Hero, both of which debuted in 1969. However, in contrast to other tabloids, Newspaper focused strictly on images.

At a time when photography was not being exhibited regularly in galleries, Newspaper provided an alternative exhibition space for the medium and some of the era’s greatest photographers. The publication’s large size and unbound format encouraged readers to take it apart and hang its pages, which was how Newspaper was installed at the Museum of Modern Art’s influential Information show in 1970.

This is not to say that Newspaper only existed within the narrow confines of the art world, far from it. It lived within (and shared contributors with) a robust network of underground and queer periodicals like The New York Review of Sex, Rags, and Gay Power, among others. Yet, unlike many of these tabloids, Newspaper has largely disappeared from the discourse around underground magazines, queer publishing, and artists’ periodicals.

All fourteen issues of Newspaper are compiled in this volume for the first time.

Featured artists include: Diane Arbus, Art Workers Coalition, Richard Avedon, Clyde Baines, Sheyla Baykal, Peter Beard, Brigid Berlin, Richard Bernstein, Ann Douglas, Paul Fisher, Maurice Hogenboom, Peter Hujar, Scott Hyde, Christo and Jeanne-Claude Javacheff, Ray Johnson, Edwin Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Gerald Laing, Dorothea Lange, Steve Lawrence, Jeff Lew, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Mercado, Duane Michals, Jack Mitchell, Forrest “Frosty” Myers, Billy Name, Stephen Paley, Warner Pearson, Jurgen Warner Piepke, Charles Pratt, Joseph Raffael, Mel Ramos, Lilo Raymond, Ruspoli-Rodriguez, Lucas Samaras, Alan Saret, Bill Schwedler, Leni Sinclair, Norman Snyder, Elizabeth Staal, Stanley Stellar, Terry Stevenson, Paul Thek, Andrew Ullrick, Andy Warhol, William T. Wiley, and May Wilson.

#NEWSPAPER #Primary Information #Steve Lawrence #Peter Hujar

[proceduralpassion]

400 Follower Celebration Sleepover Masterlist

expose, stir, leadership | Stuart Scola

fear, love, emergency | Kevin Atwater

fluff, sick, kiss | OA Zidan

sister, protective, love | OA Zidan

scar, bench, entrance | Juice Ortiz

hands, love, tremble | Dante Torres

suit, soft, whisper | Robert "Bob" Floyd

protect, sacrifice, obligation | OA Zidan

cart, gravel, fish | Jax Teller

change, embrace, locked | Marcus Alvarez

scooting, deep, view | Nestor Oceteva

helping, collar, abide | Bishop Losa

pyramid, cycle, beginning | Dante Torres

frog, burial, play | Terry Bruno

village, panic, garbage | Mike Duarte

stadium, ally, chart | Kevin Atwater

tender, warmth, closeness | Scott Forrester

fight, dress, drive | Gilly Lopez

scoop, paralyzed, tug | Kevin Atwater

comforter, switch, trickle | Gilly Lopez

paint, leaves, chain | Gilly Lopez

#400 drabble event #fbi cbs #chicago pd #sons of anarchy #stuart scola #kevin atwater #oa zidan #juice ortiz #dante torres

[nem0c]

Vietnam War - Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, June 1968

Sourced from: http://natsmusic.net/articles_galaxy_magazine_viet_nam_war.htm

Transcript Below

We the undersigned believe the United States must remain in Vietnam to fulfill its responsibilities to the people of that country.

Karen K. Anderson, Poul Anderson, Harry Bates, Lloyd Biggle Jr., J. F. Bone, Leigh Brackett, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mario Brand, R. Bretnor, Frederic Brown, Doris Pitkin Buck, William R. Burkett Jr., Elinor Busby, F. M. Busby, John W. Campbell, Louis Charbonneau, Hal Clement, Compton Crook, Hank Davis, L. Sprague de Camp, Charles V. de Vet, William B. Ellern, Richard H. Eney, T. R. Fehrenbach, R. C. FitzPatrick, Daniel F. Galouye, Raymond Z. Gallun, Robert M. Green Jr., Frances T. Hall, Edmond Hamilton, Robert A. Heinlein, Joe L. Hensley, Paul G. Herkart, Dean C. Ing, Jay Kay Klein, David A. Kyle, R. A. Lafferty, Robert J. Leman, C. C. MacApp, Robert Mason, D. M. Melton, Norman Metcalf, P. Schuyler Miller, Sam Moskowitz, John Myers Myers, Larry Niven, Alan Nourse, Stuart Palmer, Gerald W. Page, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Lawrence A. Perkins, Jerry E. Pournelle, Joe Poyer, E. Hoffmann Price, George W. Price, Alva Rogers, Fred Saberhagen, George O. Smith, W. E. Sprague, G. Harry Stine (Lee Correy), Dwight V. Swain, Thomas Burnett Swann, Albert Teichner, Theodore L. Thomas, Rena M. Vale, Jack Vance, Harl Vincent, Don Walsh Jr., Robert Moore Williams, Jack Williamson, Rosco E. Wright, Karl Würf.

We oppose the participation of the United States in the war in Vietnam.

Forrest J. Ackerman, Isaac Asimov, Peter S. Beagle, Jerome Bixby, James Blish, Anthony Boucher, Lyle G. Boyd, Ray Bradbury, Jonathan Brand, Stuart J. Byrne, Terry Carr, Carroll J. Clem, Ed M. Clinton, Theodore R. Cogswell, Arthur Jean Cox, Allan Danzig, Jon DeCles, Miriam Allen deFord, Samuel R. Delany, Lester del Rey, Philip K. Dick, Thomas M. Disch, Sonya Dorman, Larry Eisenberg, Harlan Ellison, Carol Emshwiller, Philip José Farmer, David E. Fisher, Ron Goulart, Joseph Green, Jim Harmon, Harry Harrison, H. H. Hollis, J. Hunter Holly, James D. Houston, Edward Jesby, Leo P. Kelley, Daniel Keyes, Virginia Kidd, Damon Knight, Allen Lang, March Laumer, Ursula K. LeGuin, Fritz Leiber, Irwin Lewis, A. M. Lightner, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Katherine MacLean, Barry Malzberg, Robert E. Margroff, Anne Marple, Ardrey Marshall, Bruce McAllister, Judith Merril, Robert P. Mills, Howard L. Morris, Kris Neville, Alexei Panshin, Emil Petaja, J. R. Pierce, Arthur Porges, Mack Reynolds, Gene Roddenberry, Joanna Russ, James Sallis, William Sambrot, Hans Stefan Santesson, J. W. Schutz, Robin Scott, Larry T. Shaw, John Shepley, T. L. Sherred, Robert Silverberg, Henry Slesar, Jerry Sohl, Norman Spinrad, Margaret St. Clair, Jacob Transue, Thurlow Weed, Kate Wilhelm, Richard Wilson, Donald A. Wollheim.

#sf #vietnam war #galaxy science fiction

[bullet-prooflove]

The Randomiser Prompt List

Please check the updated character list on my pinned post to see who I am writing for before submitting a prompt!

Also read the rules and do not forget to put the entire prompt into your ask!

Bourbon soaked messages

Everything was based on a lie

I know that you hate her but it was never her fault, not really.

No more talk, you’re mine

I had no idea you had feelings for me

No matter how far apart we are, I’ll always find you

You’re the reason I’m here

You can do better than him

Dancing by lamplight

I should have taken you with me

Drunk voice mail revealing feelings

Don’t pretend like you care

Drunk fighting.

If you’re having problems I’m here to listen.

Turning up bloody on the door step

Meeting you was the best moment of my life.

I didn’t know what you were going through.

Nobody gets to hurt you and walk away.

Accidental dial so a conversation is overheard

You are not a liability.

Love is the one thing that money can’t buy.

I’m going to spend my last days loving you.

I’ve lost her, she isn’t coming back

You told me you’ve been fighting all your life, well fight for us.

It’s time to say the things he truly feels.

Under the neon lights

Honey, won’t you let me put that ring on your finger

You don’t have to hide your sadness

He’s the bad boy of law enforcement

Darling you deserve more than just these roses

Raining on Sunday

Blood stains and shattered glass

Have you told anyone else?

Oh honey, you’ve done some bad shit haven’t you?

My life was fine before you turned up

He broke into my home

You destroyed my world.

Noone has ever given me something so important

Such a tough façade, you’re just a fragile little girl underneath

You’re out of your fucking mind

Fuck, you’re on something aren’t you?

Baby we need to get you to a hospital.

Attending an event with someone who is not the object of affection

Just not right now ok?

Escape attempt

I’ve tried being subtle but it doesn’t work.

He took us to the woods…Well you know what happened next.

I’m stranded in the middle of nowhere.

You have to move on.

That’s just a rumour

I never thought I’d see you in handcuffs

Attending a wedding

It’s what you do when you love someone right?

Look, I owe you an apology

I can’t fucking breathe

I thought I’d lost you…

You’re gonna get us arrested.

Blood stained teeth

You were wearing that dress, you know the one

You’re an angry little thing aren’t you

A relationship that exists only in the dark.

I don’t want to talk, for now just kiss me, take me to bed

Spitting blood.

Rough voice, pretty words

It was supposed to be yours but then…you needed some time

#Jeff Clarke #Connor Rhodes #James Lanik #Crockett Marcel #Sam Abrams #Mitch Ripley #Dean Archer #Sean Archer #Antonio Dawson #Daniel LaRusso #Johnny Lawrence #Terry Silver #Luke Alvez #Trey Cahill #Josh Folsom #Jubal Valentine #O.A Zidan #Stuart Scola #Scott Forrester #Damien Powell #Remy Scott #Clinton Skye #Bode Leone #Luke Leone #Manny Perez #Vince Leone #Dwight Hendrickson #Duke Crocker #Nathan Wuornos #Danny Williams

[noonmutter]

Rebuild

DWC May 2023 Day 6-7: Gleaming/Hurt, Lover/Aftermath

Military dress was never going to be comfortable for the eldest living Ambroce. Standing in front of a crowd, even if it was in a courtroom--a packed one, and most of them not frothing at the mouth for his execution, which was a nice change of pace--with gleaming medals and shining embroidery in his sleeves and his name in a little patch on his breast felt unnatural.

Don't fidget with it, Ambroce. You're in front of more brass than you've ever seen in your life, and you don't fidget in front of this much brass.

Somewhere in the seats behind him were people he actually knew, the ones that had survived the ordeal of being on his side. Alynore Forrester, now Knight-Commander of the Crusade, and Dolraan Sa'naan, Crusader-Lord (gods, clergy were terrible at titles, it was so painfully redundant) of the same, had done everything in their considerable power to keep him out of a noose. It came as no shock to him that nobody had successfully made them regret that, not even him.

"Private Ambroce, you came to the Argent Crusade as a prisoner, a traitor to your people and all nations under the Alliance banner. You were slated for execution, and by all accounts, even you accepted this as just. However, the late Deacon Albrecht did not. He claimed to see great potential in you, and requested clemency. By weight of his reputation, you received it: your life and a sealed record in exchange for military service, if you could find an outfit that would take you.

"In spite of all odds, you and the Deacon did it. The reports coming from your COs--many of which I am told were adamantly against this deal to begin with--described a man driven to prove his worth as a man, and possessed of such unwavering loyalty that he nearly landed himself back in prison for the sake of others’ reputations. The now-Knight-Commander Forrester spoke particularly highly of you, in spite of the good-intentioned idiocy of that last incident, and so did Crusader-Lord Sa'naan."

Deacon Albrecht. The name sent a pang of grief through him that he fought to push down. He couldn't afford to focus on that now, not again, not here. The first man to show anything but disdain for a traitorous bastard slated to die, and the first one to suffer for it. If he'd failed anyone, Terry felt most powerfully that he'd failed him. He hadn't been there to save him, only heard about his murder after the fact. But he refused to dwell on that failure, out of respect for the firebrand that the Deacon had been.

"In fact, Private Ambroce, it was actually difficult for me to find reports of your service that were negative. Plenty about your personality--abrasive, defiant, coarse, et cetera--but not your service. In that regard, all parties agreed: for all your faults, you are a man of honor. The only dissenting opinions on this matter came from parties who are now in our tender, loving custody for their part in your service's unlawful extension. This of course means their statements are worth, approximately, dogshit."

The blunt phrasing got a startled snort out of him, but he was far from the only one, the eruption lost in the sound of murmurs and chuckling in the seats behind him. Sergeant Rutherford had deserved the beating he'd gotten, the beating that Terry had incited. Order an Ambroce to kill a child, no matter what kind, and just see where that got you. There was no regret to be found there; even if he'd been shot for it, he would've died proud.

The amusement on his face died as his mind wandered to Diggs. His best friend, the man he'd trusted to watch out for his little brother all those years ago in Gilneas, turned against him so completely that Shedwyn had nearly been killed on their doorstep just to send him a message. Terry thought Declan Diggs had died along with everyone else in the collapse of Duskhaven, and Diggs had been convinced Terry had just forgotten about him. And that was all it took. Diggs didn't seem to understand why Terry hadn't forgiven him once everything had come to light.

And all of it spearheaded by Smits. Fuckin' Smythe fuckin' Mathers, of all people. Another close friend, slighted that one man had the audacity not to be able to find him in the aftermath of a continental collapse. They'd spent their childhoods causing trouble and pissing off the watch together, but how dare Terry, just as confused and lost and broken as everyone else with the added bonus of being enslaved by the Forsaken, not be able to find him. How dare Terry be the one to give up. Smits had lost the plot somewhere and replaced it with a new one, where he got his hands on a cushy records job and used it to keep Terry enlisted until he killed himself or got killed.

There'd been no forgiveness asked for or given, there. Smits had been lucky to walk away from that confrontation in the first place. The only reason he'd lived to be imprisoned was because Terry needed him alive to clear his own name. Even then, it'd been horribly close. If Terry hadn't stopped her, Shedwyn was ready to vaporize him and capture his soul in a bottle.

He wasn't totally sure she wasn't still gonna do it after this whole stupid affair played out. His wee wife was a lot less capable of moving on than he was, and Caythaes... Terry couldn't tell if Caythaes was trying to stop her or enabling her, sometimes. Wierd little elf.

“We return, at last, to the heart of the matter. Your initial contract of service was fulfilled, by all accounts, but it was not recorded thusly. We now know this was intentionally done by traitors within our own midst, but the harm that was done to you in the meantime—and the total lack of help you received in resolving it—cannot be undone. Nor can it be overstated. The Alliance failed you, Private Ambroce, and it is a dark mark that the Alliance as a whole will bear forever. For whatever the word of an officer is still worth to you, I give you my solemn oath that this will be the first and last time that happens. I am a soldier, and I lack the words to properly convey the depths of my sorrow for what we have done to you, but I think I can pick up that slack with words that you have long deserved to hear."

Hang on, what? Terry actually started listening to the general on the bench. He'd checked out almost the second he'd read the mustachioed man's name--Rutherford--and gone cold all over. That the ratfaced sergeant he'd revolted against had a relative with stars on his shoulder had explained an awful lot.

"Most men in your situation--conscripted illegally and with no one willing to listen or able to assist--would have fled. Barring that, they would have done the bare minimum required of them at all times. You? You represented the best of yourself, the best of men, the best of the Alliance. You saved lives that would have been lost without anyone able to count them. You protected those you were ordered to slaughter. You made a goddamn legend of yourself, Lighthound. And you did it without demands, expectations, or orders. You did it because all you wanted was to go home to a family that could still respect you.

"Those who served alongside you would have committed war crimes for you. At least one of them tried."

And that would be Barton. Lucky dumbass. His battle buddy had taken multiple beatings on his behalf, and pulled his ass out of a dozen fires, only to nearly end up torched himself.

"If I had the ability, I'd be pushing for a bloody knighthood. But that's not my jurisdiction, and based on all these reports, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't accept it."

The chattering grew loud and intense enough for the presiding officer to bang the gavel and call to order. The speaker was ordered to continue, but warned to maintain decorum, and the general's mustache crinkled with his grin as he cleared his throat.

"With that in mind...The Grand Army of the Alliance, by the authority, signatures, and seals of Regent Lord Turalyon, Captain Kalor Sirensong, and General Bradley Rutherford, declares Private Second Class Terrence Samuel Ambroce to be a soldier in good standing, and his prior debts to the Grand Army of the Alliance to be settled in full. This matter is now closed, and is beyond contestation."

What.

"As a soldier in good standing, and having shown exemplary courage, resilience, and loyalty, the Grand Army of the Alliance grants Private Second Class Terrence Samuel Ambroce the rank of Sergeant, with all rights, classifications, and benefits afforded."

Oh. His heart sank. They'd done this to him a dozen times before. Good job soldier, here's another chevron, get back to work. Going home? Ha, no, you're too valuable for that, go clean up. They thought it was funny.

"Finally… On this day, the Grand Army of the Alliance discharges Sergeant Terrence Samuel Ambroce with full military honors."

The general smiled at the stunned silence from the man who had, up till that moment, looked like he was just receiving another set of marching orders. Now, bless the lad, he looked like he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and given the way the poor sod had been through every wringer imaginable at the same time, it'd probably be both.

General Rutherford had burst out laughing when the first report had reached him. His little shithead nephew had finally mouthed off to the wrong grunt, eh? Good! Bet he pissed himself, the embarrassing little coward, wouldn't know good soldiering if it broke his nose, hah. And then he'd started doing some reading about the man that'd tried in vain to teach the jackass some manners. Gods above, below, and sideways, General Rutherford would've killed for a nephew like this Ambroce boy.

But he didn't have the luxury of trading family members, so he tapped into his inner Fun Uncle as he stepped down from the bench and crossed the aisle to clap a hand on Ambroce's immobile shoulder.

"Go home, soldier. You've earned it."

The general knew better than to stick around--he'd already seen that little purple freight train of a wife barreling toward Ambroce with little regard for pesky obstacles like people. He exchanged a few pleasantries with the Crusader-Lord and Knight Commander on their way past one another, and excused himself to deal with Misters Diggs and Mathers. Their trials were going to be a very different sort of satisfying.

--

Terry wanted to argue that he didn't need a promotion, that he didn't want a better pension. That he was a Silver Dragoon, not a soldier; there was a difference, by damn. But nobody could hear him, because he couldn't bring himself to speak. He felt Shedwyn all but collide into him, doing her best to squeeze him in half, while Dolraan and Alynore kept a respectful distance and waited their turns to either give their own congratulations, or help drag him to the infirmary.

The man finally broke when he found Graeme and Toby looking up at him. His little boys, whose lives he'd missed so much of.

That he'd never have to miss again. That nothing could ever make him miss again.

It was impossible to actually do it, but Terry tried his best to hide in his wife's mass of hair so nobody could see him cry.

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Season of Eclipse

The details… Title: Season of Eclipse Author: Terry Wolverton Publisher: Bella Books Editor: Katherine V. Forrest Publication date: February 15, 2024 ISBN: 9781642475142e Available formats: ebook, paperback File size: 3712 KB Print length: 292 pages Genre: Thriller Themes: terrorism, political intrigue, deception, corruption, humanity, freedom, justice, friendship, evasion, truth,…

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Burke’s Law -  List of Guest Stars

The Special Guest Stars of “Burke’s Law” read like a Who’s Who list of Hollywood of the era.  Many of the appearances, however, were no more than one scene cameos.  This is as complete a list ever compiled of all those who even made the briefest of appearances on the series.  

Beverly Adams, Nick Adams, Stanley Adams, Eddie Albert, Mabel Albertson, Lola Albright, Elizabeth Allen, June Allyson, Don Ameche, Michael Ansara, Army Archerd, Phil Arnold, Mary Astor, Frankie Avalon, Hy Averback, Jim Backus, Betty Barry, Susan Bay, Ed Begley, William Bendix, Joan Bennett, Edgar Bergen, Shelley Berman, Herschel Bernardi, Ken Berry, Lyle Bettger, Robert Bice, Theodore Bikel, Janet Blair, Madge Blake, Joan Blondell, Ann Blyth, Carl Boehm, Peter Bourne, Rosemarie Bowe, Eddie Bracken, Steve Brodie, Jan Brooks, Dorian Brown, Bobby Buntrock, Edd Byrnes, Corinne Calvet, Rory Calhoun, Pepe Callahan, Rod Cameron, Macdonald Carey, Hoagy Carmichael, Richard Carlson, Jack Carter, Steve Carruthers, Marianna Case, Seymour Cassel, John Cassavetes, Tom Cassidy, Joan Caulfield, Barrie Chase, Eduardo Ciannelli, Dane Clark, Dick Clark, Steve Cochran, Hans Conried, Jackie Coogan, Gladys Cooper, Henry Corden, Wendell Corey, Hazel Court, Wally Cox, Jeanne Crain, Susanne Cramer, Les Crane, Broderick Crawford, Suzanne Cupito, Arlene Dahl, Vic Dana, Jane Darwell, Sammy Davis Jr., Linda Darnell, Dennis Day, Laraine Day, Yvonne DeCarlo, Gloria De Haven, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Richard Devon, Billy De Wolfe, Don Diamond, Diana Dors, Joanne Dru, Paul Dubov, Howard Duff, Dan Duryea, Robert Easton, Barbara Eden, John Ericson, Leif Erickson, Tom Ewell, Nanette Fabray, Felicia Farr, Sharon Farrell, Herbie Faye, Fritz Feld, Susan Flannery, James Flavin, Rhonda Fleming, Nina Foch, Steve Forrest, Linda Foster, Byron Foulger, Eddie Foy Jr., Anne Francis, David Fresco, Annette Funicello, Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Reginald Gardiner, Nancy Gates, Lisa Gaye, Sandra Giles, Mark Goddard, Thomas Gomez, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Sandra Gould, Wilton Graff, Gloria Grahame, Shelby Grant, Jane Greer, Virginia Grey, Tammy Grimes, Richard Hale, Jack Haley, George Hamilton, Ann Harding, Joy Harmon, Phil Harris, Stacy Harris, Dee Hartford, June Havoc, Jill Haworth, Richard Haydn, Louis Hayward, Hugh Hefner, Anne Helm, Percy Helton, Irene Hervey, Joe Higgins, Marianna Hill, Bern Hoffman, Jonathan Hole, Celeste Holm, Charlene Holt, Oscar Homolka, Barbara Horne, Edward Everett Horton, Breena Howard, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Arthur Hunnicutt, Tab Hunter, Joan Huntington, Josephine Hutchinson, Betty Hutton, Gunilla Hutton, Martha Hyer, Diana Hyland, Marty Ingels, John Ireland, Mako Iwamatsu, Joyce Jameson, Glynis Johns, I. Stanford Jolley, Carolyn Jones, Dean Jones, Spike Jones, Victor Jory, Jackie Joseph, Stubby Kaye, Monica Keating, Buster Keaton, Cecil Kellaway, Claire Kelly, Patsy Kelly, Kathy Kersh, Eartha Kitt, Nancy Kovack, Fred Krone, Lou Krugman, Frankie Laine, Fernando Lamas, Dorothy Lamour, Elsa Lanchester, Abbe Lane, Charles Lane, Lauren Lane, Harry Lauter, Norman Leavitt, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ruta Lee, Teri Lee, Peter Leeds, Margaret Leighton, Sheldon Leonard, Art Lewis, Buddy Lewis, Dave Loring, Joanne Ludden,  Ida Lupino, Tina Louise, Paul Lynde, Diana Lynn, James MacArthur, Gisele MacKenzie, Diane McBain, Kevin McCarthy, Bill McClean, Stephen McNally, Elizabeth MacRae, Jayne Mansfield, Hal March, Shary Marshall, Dewey Martin, Marlyn Mason, Hedley Mattingly, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia Mayo, Patricia Medina, Troy Melton, Burgess Meredith, Una Merkel, Dina Merrill, Torben Meyer, Barbara Michaels, Robert Middleton, Vera Miles, Sal Mineo, Mary Ann Mobley, Alan Mowbray, Ricardo Montalbán, Elizabeth Montgomery, Ralph Moody, Alvy Moore, Terry Moore, Agnes Moorehead, Anne Morell, Rita Moreno, Byron Morrow, Jan Murray, Ken Murray, George Nader, J. Carrol Naish, Bek Nelson, Gene Nelson, David Niven, Chris Noel, Kathleen Nolan, Sheree North, Louis Nye, Arthur O'Connell, Quinn O'Hara, Susan Oliver, Debra Paget, Janis Paige, Nestor Paiva, Luciana Paluzzi, Julie Parrish, Fess Parker, Suzy Parker, Bert Parks, Harvey Parry, Hank Patterson, Joan Patrick, Nehemiah Persoff, Walter Pidgeon, Zasu Pitts, Edward Platt, Juliet Prowse, Eddie Quillan, Louis Quinn, Basil Rathbone, Aldo Ray, Martha Raye, Gene Raymond, Peggy Rea, Philip Reed, Carl Reiner, Stafford Repp, Paul Rhone, Paul Richards, Don Rickles, Will Rogers Jr., Ruth Roman, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Gena Rowlands, Charlie Ruggles, Janice Rule, Soupy Sales, Hugh Sanders, Tura Satana, Telly Savalas, John Saxon, Lizabeth Scott, Lisa Seagram, Pilar Seurat, William Shatner, Karen Sharpe, James Shigeta, Nina Shipman, Susan Silo, Johnny Silver, Nancy Sinatra, The Smothers Brothers, Joanie Sommers, Joan Staley, Jan Sterling, Elaine Stewart, Jill St. John, Dean Stockwell, Gale Storm, Susan Strasberg, Inger Stratton, Amzie Strickland, Gil Stuart, Grady Sutton, Kay Sutton, Gloria Swanson, Russ Tamblyn. Don Taylor, Dub Taylor, Vaughn Taylor, Irene Tedrow, Terry-Thomas, Ginny Tiu, Dan Tobin, Forrest Tucker, Tom Tully, Jim Turley, Lurene Tuttle, Ann Tyrrell, Miyoshi Umeki, Mamie van Doren, Deborah Walley, Sandra Warner, David Wayne, Ray Weaver, Lennie Weinrib, Dawn Wells, Delores Wells, Rebecca Welles, Jack Weston, David White, James Whitmore, Michael Wilding, Annazette Williams, Dave Willock, Chill Wills, Marie Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sandra Wirth, Ed Wynn, Keenan Wynn, Dana Wynter, Celeste Yarnall, Francine York.

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