L.F. Graubard
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L.F. Graubard | noir-jazz fiction | The Narco Farm | hustlers and jazzmen chasing redemption. Purveyor of existential graffiti on the digital wall. Washington DC. #noir #jazz #literaryfiction
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January 4, 2026 at 8:57 PM
January 4, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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The Mermaid and the Sniper – Larry Graubard expatpress.com/the-mermaid-...
The Mermaid and the Sniper – Larry Graubard - ExPat Press
Morning hits like punishment detail. First thing’s the piss—slow, reluctant, a thin stream from a rusted pipe. Then coffee. Bitter, black, essential. The mirror doesn’t lie. Naked. Swollen. Sagging. O...
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November 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Mermaid and the Sniper – Larry Graubard expatpress.com/the-mermaid-...
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Wild Billy. Coke-bottle glasses, acne-pocked skin, Bass Weejuns under prep-boy slacks. Billy’s math was simple: one insult equals wreckage. Saltshaker through a windshield, broadside ram. Blank inside, empathy never wired. Read story: x.com/ExpatLitJ/st...
January 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Wild Billy. Coke-bottle glasses, acne-pocked skin, Bass Weejuns under prep-boy slacks. Billy’s math was simple: one insult equals wreckage. Saltshaker through a windshield, broadside ram. Blank inside, empathy never wired. Read story: x.com/ExpatLitJ/st...
The Ferris wheel keeps turning long after the fair’s gone—same as a sniper’s memory, spinning long after anyone cares who won the war.”-Johnny Rumble
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The Ferris wheel keeps turning long after the fair’s gone—same as a sniper’s memory, spinning long after anyone cares who won the war.”-Johnny Rumble
“The war rewired him. On trumpet, his eyes rolled back, solos blazingly fast, bebop quotes bent through wahwah and phase shifters. Violence in one breath, tenderness in the next.”— Fabio Dubrowsky
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“The war rewired him. On trumpet, his eyes rolled back, solos blazingly fast, bebop quotes bent through wahwah and phase shifters. Violence in one breath, tenderness in the next.”— Fabio Dubrowsky
“A human being is part of the Universe.. limited in time and space. He experiences himself.. as something separate, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The striving to free oneself from this delusion is the one issue of true religion.” — Albert Einstein
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“A human being is part of the Universe.. limited in time and space. He experiences himself.. as something separate, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The striving to free oneself from this delusion is the one issue of true religion.” — Albert Einstein
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
He sits at the end of the bar, killing doubles to kill bad memories. Network news on the TV, but he’s not watching—just letting the static float through him like hypnosis. A man fading one drink at a time.,,
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
He sits at the end of the bar, killing doubles to kill bad memories. Network news on the TV, but he’s not watching—just letting the static float through him like hypnosis. A man fading one drink at a time.,,