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    American Crow
    American Crow
    American Crow
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    American Crow

    By Tim Kavi

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    As a short story, American Crow is a 'Dark Urban Fantasy' that describes events that transpire when two older men encounter two young thugs on a repeated basis. The result is comedic mayhem and Chaos, where BillyBob, a seemingly omniscient black crow looks upon events with great interest. In the end, it's a song of redemption that only he can sing! Rated R for profanity and violence.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTiLu Press
    Release dateFeb 2, 2013
    ISBN9781301127917
    American Crow
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    Tim Kavi

    Tim Kavi is a writer, poet, and teacher. His poetry is most well known for collections that emphasize the Goddess, the Divine Feminine, mysticism, and philosophical themes associated with freedom, dialogue, and dualism/monism. He has published three prior collections: Emerging Goddess (2011), Ascending Goddess (2012), and Lost Love Poems (2012). He has also published an anthology of essays (2013). Forthcoming collections include Poems of Protest, Revealed Goddess, and City of Night-City of Light. Tim is published exclusively by TiLu Press.

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      American Crow - Tim Kavi

      American Crow

      A Short Story by Tim Kavi

      Copyright © 2012 by Tim Kavi

      Distributed by SMASHWORDS

      TiLu Press, LLC

      11918 SE Division Street, NUM 178

      Portland, OR 97266

      This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, places, or events is purely coincidental, or depicted in a fictional manner.

      All Rights Reserved

      Smashwords Edition

      Brief Introduction

      Although this brief little work really needs no introduction, I do want to tell you that what you have here is a Dark Fantasy of Urban Decay. I also want to tell you that no animals were harmed during the making of this story.

      I should also say that the work is specifically not discriminatory towards crows or any of our avian friends. In fact, I can say that the American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) is a very intelligent bird and has often been observed engaged in mobbing behaviors and scolding vocalizations even towards humans (usually in the face of threat).

      Nor is this work discriminatory towards those who work for social service community agencies. In fact, it is those workers who are often the most dedicated to serving the underserved, disenfranchised, or very poor in cities all across America. Before you chastise me too much, I should also say that I myself spent over 14 years working at such community agencies. What the story does describe is one character who just happens to have worked at such an agency who through burnout or other features of his personality becomes less empathetic than he used to be. This too, is not meant to portray the typical social services worker at all, nor is it autobiographical. This is a work of fiction after all.

      The language in American Crow is at some points harsh, dirty, and does have some profanities. This is a reality in inner cities and because of this I left it in the story, editing out all I could.

      I hope that the allegorical sense of American Crow does not

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