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Ever been to Italy? To Impruneta? This friendly community in Tuscany is built by a mountain of terracotta soil that has been used for centuries to build planters, vessels for olive oil, and even sculptures like the one of Leonardo Da Vinci above. Striking resemblance, no?

WAYSIDE COMEDIES is an independent publication launched in June 2026 by RJ Stewart.

A career newspaperman in Colorado, Nebraska, Florida, Oregon, Nevada, and California, Stewart has published two novels, Then Comes A Wind in 2015 and Errors of Night in 2022. More about each book:

THEN COMES A WIND

ERRORS OF NIGHT

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