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Bill Burkett

Scribbles on Hotel Stationery: 1966

WHEN I CHECKED into the upscale Olympic Hotel in Seattle I showed them my military ID card, which garnered me a deep discount off a very…

5 min read4 days ago

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Bill Burkett

For wives should always be lovers, too.

Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you.

6 min read4 days ago

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Bill Burkett

I know it’s late…I know you’re weary I know your plans Don’t include me Still here we are Both of…

— Bob Seger, We’ve Got Tonight

6 min readApr 10, 2024

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Bill Burkett

April Fool’s Day Excerpt. Nassau 1969

Lovemaking left her in deep tranquil sleep in the tangled bed-covers. But it brought me hard-edged wakefulness, depression just around a…

2 min readApr 2, 2024

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April Fool’s Day Excerpt. Nassau 1969

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Bill Burkett

Dances with Camp Robbers

October 12, 1979. Opening Day of deer season, with Wanda working and no babysitter. I took the kids up the West Fork Road. They got up in…

3 min readApr 1, 2024

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Dances with Camp Robbers

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Bill Burkett

Stories From “Mean Grey Old Morning”

Interlude Lounge

7 min readMar 30, 2024

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Stories From “Mean Grey Old Morning”

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Bill Burkett

TRUNK NOVEL

My oldest friend and I broke into journalism together in the early sixties in Jacksonville, Florida.I already had published a…

15 min readMar 24, 2024

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TRUNK NOVEL

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Bill Burkett

Blood Sport

My second published novel, 30 years after my first. A writer’s block eligible for Guinness?

8 min readMar 20, 2024

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Bill Burkett

14 Years Ago

A text from my son about my now-married eldest granddaughter’s interest in family medical history reminded me how fast time flies. Seems…

4 min readMar 19, 2024

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14 Years Ago

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Bill Burkett

SLEEPING PLANET

Chapter One

14 min readMar 7, 2024

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SLEEPING PLANET

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Bill Burkett

Bill Burkett

Professional writer, Pacific Northwest. 20 Books: “Sleeping Planet” 1964 to “Venus Mons Iliad” 2018–19. Most on Amazon for sale. Il faut d’abord durer.

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