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NECON MARCH FLASH FICTION CONTEST WINNERS - NOVEL PITCHES
This marks my second win so far this year. Please read my novel pitch and all the other contributors at http://www.neconebooks.com/flash.htm.

Zombies are everywhere... at the horse races, in the strip-clubs, on reality TV.
Zombies for a Cure features 39 authors, poets, and artists coming together to raise money for cancer research.
Featuring work by Gregory L. Norris, Marge Simon & Sandy DeLuca, Jennifer Clark, Mark Onspaugh, James S. Dorr, Gene Stewart, John McCarthy, Nick Kimbro, Terrie Leigh Relf, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Dan Smith, Brian Rosenberger, Jay Wilburn, Stewart S. Warren, Gerri Leen and others.
Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation.
Enter to win at
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

Closing the year on a positive note. December marks a return to the winner's circle for me. Please check out my winning story, The Carolers, and all the other entrants at http://www.neconebooks.com/flash.htm.

Batroc’s Better Black Beans

INGREDIENTS
4 tsp olive or canola oil (whatever’s in reach)
½ cup diced onion
2 cloves minced garlic (or more. Be dangerous.)
3 tbsp tomato paste
2 (15 oz) cans black beans, drained
1 cup vegetable broth
½ tsp chili powder
1 ½ tsp cumin
1 tsp oregano
1 bay leaf
Spritz of lime juice
Cilantro, green onion, and cheese (optional)
1 Sombrero (optional)
1 Mexican Beer (Sie. Or more (optional))

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Heat oil in large sauce pan over medium heat until shimmering. Unsure if “shimmering” is a cooking term but I’d eyeball at about a minute.
2. Add onions and cook until translucent. If you don’t know what translucent means, maybe you shouldn’t be trusted near an open flame.
3. Stir in garlic and tomato paste; cook until fragrant. Your nose will tell you or someone else’s nose. “That smell good.” I hear it every time I make this. Figure about 30 seconds.
4. Add black beans to pan. Using a wooden spatula/spoon, mallet, ball-peen hammer, or cinder block, smash (yelling “Hulk Smash”) about half the beans. I prefer the wooden spatula/spoon or a potato masher (in which case yell “Hulk Mash.” Spitz with lime juice.
5. Stir in the vegetable broth, bay leaf, chili powder, cumin, and oregano. Simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally (between commercials), until most of the broth has been absorbed, about 10-15 minutes.
Garnish with cilantro, green onions, and cheese if desired.
Serve over rice (Recommended. And maybe add some grilled, taco-seasoned chicken (recipe coming soon)).

Don sombrero and drink beer if you haven’t already.
My soundtrack was a lot of Rebel Son (The Wife really liked “Line Me Up” and the overall-wearing, ass-kicking duo, Barnyard Stompers.
I’d also recommend the following kick-ass cooking tunes:
ZZ Top – La Grange
Everything by Metalachi
Concrete Blonde – Mexican Moon
El Vez – Taking Care of Business

This is my new favorite quote from my favorite quotable person - me. "If Heaven requires a password, I'm OK with Hell." I'm willing to give up eating every variety of cheese, the extinction of all small birds weighing less than 3 lbs, and the complete obliteration of one planet (not Earth) in our solar system not to have to deal with any more passwords. What happened to the secret handshake?