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Through the scorched hills of Sicily, 1943, a soldier in Company M of the 1st Division, US Seventh Army, contracts malaria in Troina just as the Allies' strategies change and the war's tempo shifts. The Perfumed Letter traces the emotional and physical moments-where battle rages, illness halts movement, letters go unanswered, and a year of silence begins. This becomes the fundamental year of training for Operation Dragoon: a stretch of time suspended between fire and fog, void of letters home, where recovery becomes its own battlefield. Through archival fidelity and sovereign storytelling, Olan L. Smith maps the unseen war behind the war-the one fought in the body, the post, and the heart.…

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Journey Homec.2013, Olan L. SmithJourney Home is a collection of poems that is a personal search for my spiritual home. I go about this search with the tools of poetry using the English language as my map. Love, peace and freedom, Olan L. Smith…

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"Poems from the Quill" is where I place current works that don't fall into other collections. It is here you will find obscure poems that range from constraint to free-verse. I began this collection as a contest entry, years ago, for what was then the poetry side of the Watty's contest and I have since kept it current with odds and ends. Love, peace, and freedom. Olan L. Smith aka Cotton Jones…

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The Wizard! This collection from Olan L. Smith is a dialogue series that asks questions and ponders evidence about existence. We will take a look behind the curtain to see what the Wizard is up to and what tricks he (she) has up his (her) sleeve, be warned that in so doing it might spoil the illusion we call life.…

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I am moving many of my singly published poems into collections, and in this collection will reside all my sonnets I have written, and will write in the future--I hope you enjoy. Love, peace, and freedom, Olan L. Smith aka Cotton Jones. (Cover credit, Olan L. Smith; c. 2012. The number 14 symbolizes the number lines used in a sonnet.)…

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This collection is a gathering of most of my older poems, both published and unpublished, making it easier to find my poetry.…

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These poems are light and humorous, with some having a deeper underling themes...enjoy. The cover was create by the author.…

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From time-to-time I will publish photo essays, or my poetry, and of my life on this curios planet, Earth. Time on Terra is precious and it is a mark of dignity to record it as much as possible for others to read, or in this case see and read.…

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The Sword and the Sickle is a fusion of religion, science, and prophecy, weaving a tale of the end of days where celestial forces collide with earthly fate. Within its pages, ancient gods, interdimensional beings, and prophetic visions shape a battle beyond time itself. The novel explores the unknown, blending cosmic mystery and spiritual reckoning into a narrative that challenges the boundaries between belief and reality. Some chapters delve into the raw nature of existence, marked by mature themes of power, devotion, and destruction. Cover art is by me, Olan Smith…

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When the Kincaid siblings return to their father's Nebraska farm to prepare it for sale, they're not just saying goodbye to land-they're unpacking a vault of memory.Boxes filled with photos, copper coils, and forgotten rituals stir echoes of a failed experiment: the Crenshaw Project. It was supposed to restore fragments of a lost reality, one collapsed by time and quantum drift. But when Toby entered the memory chamber, the simulation fell apart-flooded with scenes too real, too wrong, too powerful to survive.Now, as old grief resurfaces and the wind remembers more than it should, June proposes a second chance. One last try to rebuild what slipped through their fingers.This is a story about holding on when truth fractures-about family, memory, and the dream of stitching back a world that still hums beneath the skin.…

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The Harvest is a cosmic horror-infused science fantasy that explores prophecy, rebirth, and the battle between celestial and ancient forces. As the final book in the Sword and Sickle duology, it weaves together dark fantasy and apocalyptic visions, following warriors, gods, and entities beyond human comprehension. Amid parallel universes and the remnants of an old world, survival is no longer just a matter of endurance-it is a reckoning. It is purely a work of fiction, and any correlation with anyone, living or dead, is unintentional on the author's part: all rights are reserved, and the eBook is copyrighted by the author. Cover art by, Olan L. Smith…

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I wrote these comments and other random thoughts on Wattpad and elsewhere on the web. I think we as poets have all lost a bit of our soul with the passing of our friend @Lisaner and we are just a bit more mortal and reflective, may we always hold the poet's word as a living thing. Love, peace, and freedom, Olan L. Smith…

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"Write Upon My Stone" has turned into a collection of my poems about death, and other of my poems with dark themes. I will be adding to this collection with both new and older poems with those themes. Love, peace, and freedom. Olan L. Smith (aka Cotton Jones).…

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“The Ride” is a short-short story, and this style of writing became popular in the 17th century. It usually tells the reader about a single incident with as few of characters possible, and has a surprise ending. Sources for this definition of a short-short story are: Wikipedia, and Yourdictionary.com.…

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A new collection of poems written by Olan L. Smith starting 2023; all right's reserved.…

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I have, over time, written many short stories,"Short-Shorts" as they are call by some, and by request I am putting them together into one collection for my readers; I will be adding to it as time allows. Love, peace, and freedom. Olan…

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During their journey of destiny, Cotton suggested to Alice that if they survived this adventure, he could write a book about it, and people still wouldn't believe it. He would not have to tell the story because he and Alice were the story. It was not the exploits that were important for people to believe- it would be who they would become that was of significance. They were raised separately by their families, and together, they would learn of their purpose early in life. As a result of their existence, the course of the river of time would be changed forever. The following parable is how Cotton viewed the world.…

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This is the beginning of my haiku, senyru, haibun collection that I will build over time by adding new piece, and placing older haiku style poem in it.…

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When you are in a dark place in your life there is always hope.…

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I am trying to collect all my beat poetry and placing it in one collection here on Wattpad.…