The Story of the Good Little Boy Who Did Not Prosper by Mark Twain

[Frank Marcopolos]

Friends,

Have you ever known someone who was a "goody-two-shoes"? (Much, much worse than a goody-one-shoe, BTW.) Y'know, that little nerd at the front of the class telling the teacher she forgot to give the class homework? Ever wondered what happened to those people later in life?

Well, find out what happens to one such goody-two-shoes, a certain Jacob Blevins, in the current story up on the website, "The Story of the Good Little Boy Who Did Not Prosper," written by America's most searing wit, Mr. Mark Twain...

http://frankmarcopolos.com

I hope you enjoy my performance of the story!

Cheers,

Frank

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3) What's this "The Whirligig" thing you sometimes talk about? And what's a "zine?" Those sound like crazy, made-up words.

In the year 2000, I created an underground literary journal called The Whirligig. It was a paper document similar to a magazine filled with short stories, poems, and essays. I cut a distribution deal with Clint Johns of Tower Records to distribute it to the zine shelves of pretty much every Tower Records store on Earth. The exposure of that international distribution is what allowed me to attract great writers like Jeff Somers, Ann Sterzinger, Richard Kostelanetz, Nick Mamatas, and many, many others to submit pieces to me without being financially compensated.

Sadly, when Tower Records went belly-up, so did The Whirligig. I sold the rights to it to J.D. Finch, and he eventually resurrected it. J.D. now runs things his way, with a slightly different name, here:

http://www.whirligigzine.com