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Phil Volatile

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Born

in New Mexico, The United States

February 20, 1985

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Genre

Coming Of Age, Memoir, Poetry, Short Stories / Fiction

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God. Alcohol. Life. Hydrocodone, J.D. Salinger, Jack Kerouac, Walt Whi ...more

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October 2011

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Phil Volatile (formerly Volatalistic Phil) is the crap dice hero saint of orphan love who's been slamming into the speed bumps of life since 1985. A former substance use technician who put down the bottle and picked up a pen is now writing books for general amusement. He's still into women, motorcycles, cars, and wasting time.

The lonely tumbleweed of the southwest currently lives in Albuquerque, NM and is as desperate as the desert is for water. If he's not hustling to get by you can find him throwing dice, sitting in a coffee shop, cruising motorcycles or finding some place quiet to write. He rides in the back of an ambulance going around the city. His favorite flavor is peanut butter.

He hopes his words tear ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 87 ratings · 43 reviews · 9 distinct works

	My Mind's Abyss (Suicide Edition)(Recovery, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Harry Blight 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Elephant 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Mind's Abyss really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crushed Black Velvet 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flash Fiction 40+1: New Mexican Bread Aisle 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scribbles 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Most Amazing Product liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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It has been so long

Wow… it has been so long. Life comes at you fast. Where to start? Maybe I’ll knock the dust off the typewriter and give it a go again.

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A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway

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Phil Volatile liked Raegan Butcher's blog post: A fave by Bukowski "It is poems like this that made me fall under the spell of Charles Bukowski. Enjoy. CONSUMATION OF GRIEF I even hear the mountains the way they laugh up and down their blue sides and down in the water the fish cry and all the water is their tear..." Read more of this blog post »
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“When Pisces go to war, there’s never a shortage of broken hearts.”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

tags: anger, hate, pisces-quotes, spite, zodiac

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“I hate forcing myself to go to bed to avoid committing suicide.”
― Phil Volatile, Crushed Black Velvet

tags: depressed, hardship, life, poetry, sad, suicide

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“Now I’m
sober and I
realize, I
didn’t drink to
escape the world,
I drank to escape
myself”
― Phil Volatile, Crushed Black Velvet

tags: alcoholism, life, poetry, recovery, sobriety, substance-abuse

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Phil’s Quotes

“I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”
― Jack Kerouac

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“Almost every truly creative being alienated & expatriated in his own country”
― Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Wild Dreams of a New Beginning

tags: poetry-quotes

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“To create art means
to be crazy alone
forever.”
― Charles Bukowski

tags: bukowski, bukowskisism, poetry

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“Life is ours to be spent, not to
be saved.”
― D.H. Lawrence

tags: inspirational, life

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“I was always aware that Jack loved women not only for their bodies but for the stories that came into being as they interacted with him--they were part of his "road," the infinite range of experience that always had to remain open to fuel his work.”
― Joyce Johnson, Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958

tags: kerouac, love, memoir, pisces, writers

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message 8: by Casey

Jun 07, 2014 10:58AM

Awesome, I'll share it with friends! Thanks!

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message 7: by Casey

May 14, 2014 10:01PM

Same to you darling! :)

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message 6: by Trish

Jun 30, 2012 01:31AM

You are definitely on the late show. I need to tune in more. Miss you! :)

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message 5: by Phil

Jun 17, 2012 10:25AM

Amy wrote: "Hi. Just stopped by to ask how you're liking the "Little Book of Pandemics" book you're reading. Any interesting tips for survival? :D"

=P It's helping my paranoia that's for sure. It's really interesting, but I've only been reading bits and pieces.

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message 4: by Amy

Jun 17, 2012 06:14AM

Hi. Just stopped by to ask how you're liking the "Little Book of Pandemics" book you're reading. Any interesting tips for survival? :D

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message 3: by Robin

May 03, 2012 07:23PM

Thanks for accepting, Phil! :) If you get a minute, I have a couple shorts on my profile...give me some feedback? :) Looking forward to reading some of your work...take care you.

~Robin

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message 2: by Todd

Jan 10, 2012 09:16AM