Keith Kumasen Abbott - The utmost protagonist of protagonists. He's zen, he's dead and he's on a mission.
John Veglia - Keith's long deceased poet friend who knew everyone there was ever to know. Even in the afterlife and, because he was a Classical scholar, he always has a leg up.
Michael Sowl - Like Keith and John, Mike didn't become a famous poet, but that never stopped him since he enjoys figuring things out. This contagious activity is Mike's form of joie de vivre.
Persephone Abbott is following her father's footsteps.
The Spiritual Predators - local Longmont band with band members Bret, Sleepy Sam, Mooney and Liam. The guys write and create the songs they perform which include "Goose Shit Park", "A Separate Transmission" and "Six Perfections, Five Beers".
Rhino Ritz Detective Agency, as featured in Rhino Ritz, An American Mystery Novel by Keith Abbott
"Ernest Hemingway had his Temptation while he was thinking about the huge, beautiful English Department building and why it was so white and perfect while the American Literature building was so small and dingy."
"Gertrude Stein was writing. She was writing very long sentences and very short sentences. They mostly had the same words in them whether they were long or short, Except sometimes they didn't. Sometimes a strange new word would show up and then she would be delighted. Many of them were clear and many of them were clear for a long time."
"Sherwood Anderson slowly watched the two men frizz out into thin air."
"F. Scott Fitzgerald followed the wall around, inspecting the perfectly stuffed and tanned books that were mounted on it. A really amazing job had been done on them: you could hardly tell where the harpoon had gone through, even on the leather bound volumes."
"Smitty was a little romantic about his truck, but why not?"
The Boulder-Longmont Collective
Rabbi Tirzah Pyrestone - Generator of crypto-trauma coin and pollinator of collective grief. Author of this quote (a gem): "We all, as our own ancestors, played bingo long before we were born. It's not worth our time to continue to stay tense and gloomy while waiting for the cash to roll in. Get out there and proudly mark your card, claim your stuffed animal and, at the same time, recognize the trauma that made you who you are." She's also an Uber driver: ask for TirzOrcle.
Teary Filisteinsdatter Mast was prone to advertise grant writing in her humbler moments. A practicing pseudo Christian woman but in fact she's a Jewwannabe, daydreaming about raising reindeer in the Artic as part of her chosen tribe. Heads up: Teary plays the victim like a pro.
John Steinbeck - John is finding himself in very poor company right here and feels out of sorts.
Rabbi Diane Teefje Lakein - For a price, the ordained will say anything in public. Call for a quote: 303-433-4567
Gator Matcha - Inspirational beverage at Bucket Love Drinks modeled on the writer pyschologist who survived the Holocaust. But, in fiction, the senior citizen won't survive Longmont.
Dan Zztkin, aka Goody Two Shoes Funeral Man, trying to connect to the aliens to cut the ultimate deal in naturalistic funeral arrangements (as opposited to the traditionally contrived), cutting literal corners and saving his customers real estate investments. Partner in crime: Police Dog Meth T. who is a consistant contributor to Yelp.
The PoA - Self-fashioned spiritual leader and short-sighted predator.
Candace and Hope - Two crusaders aiming to protect ghosts from obstracisation and obliteration.
El-Don Mast - a man in a middle aged crisis who is thinking deeply into starting a business of his own. Will it fly?
Sisters Zelda Mast (married to a man who is The Not-Clued-In) and Flora Mast (married to a man who is The Unknown). But they are married, so they say, or are they?
The Three Dynamic Young Ladies of Longmont Colorado
Mila Gutierrez - daughter of Lorenzo, owner of Longmont's A2Z auto repairs
Emery Noel - daughter of Mormon bishop and town sheriff
Blessing Alexander - daughter of "Not-Going-to-Spoil-the-Surprise"
And of course...
Buck Rogers
More about that later
Just don't rush him
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