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The Ballad of Frank Allen, by Shane Adamczak
PART 1. The year was 2003 and a young man by the name of Al Lafrance began studying sound engineering at Montreal Sound Engineering College. He did not have a beard but he… Read More →
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The Ballad of Frank Allen, by Shane Adamczak – Part 2
PART 2. “Food For Thought” Frank had always liked things to be in order. He liked consistency. He liked to do things well and get them done efficiently. Not just in his janitorial… Read More →
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The Ballad of Frank Allen, by Shane Adamczak – Part 3
PART 3. “The Outdoors Type” It was summer in Montreal. The sun was shining bright, the birds were chirping and a welcome cool breeze blew in from the mountain. Al Lafrance was taking… Read More →
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The Ballad of Frank Allen, by Shane Adamczak – Part 4
PART 4. “Second Wind” From what Frank had observed over the first year of living in the beard, Al was in a bit of a “dry patch” in terms of his love life.… Read More →
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The Ballad of Frank Allen, by Shane Adamczak – Part 5
PART 5. “Crossing The Frozen Lake” Much to Frank’s surprise, underneath his heavy metal-loving, beardy exterior, Al turned out to be a hopeless romantic. He had been dating Christine for just a few…...
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The Ballad of Frank Allen, by Shane Adamczak – Part 6
PART 6. “A Little Salty!” Frank had never really celebrated his birthday. Sure, during his youth, his loving but relatively poor parents would muster up some small gift once a year to show… Read More →
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The Ballad of Frank Allen, by Shane Adamczak – Part 7
PART 7. “The Crossfade” As a wide generalisation, when men get emotional, they tend to drink. Whether they drink to forget their problems, to let loose, or to just get drunk and… Read More →
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The Ballad of Frank Allen, by Shane Adamczak – Part 8
PART 8. “A Close Shave” Al and Christine had been invited to the wedding of Christine’s cousin Victoria. It was to be one of their first “formal outings” as a couple and they… Read More →
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The Ballad of Frank Allen, by Shane Adamczak – Part 9
PART 9. “The best of a bad situation” Although Al Lafrance and Frank Allen had been technically living together now for almost two years, still only one of them was truly award of… Read More →
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The Ballad of Frank Allen, by Shane Adamczak – Part 10
PART 10. “Hi Al, my name is Frank Allen” “Hi Al, my name is Frank Allen. No, you’re not hearing things. This is really happening. Now, you might want to sit down because… Read More →
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THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 1
BOOK 2, PART 1. “LASERS! LASERS! LASERS!” A heavy steel door busts open, heavy smoke bellows out into the sterile, uninviting hallway and the sound of militant heavy footsteps quickly approaching...
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The Ballad of Frank Allen, by Shane Adamczak – Book 2, Part 2
THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 2 “Like A Thousand Slinkys™ Falling Down The Stairs” It had been a tough month with a lot of huge challenges… Read More →
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THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 3
THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 3 “Meme” One month ago, in a drunken, heart-broken haze, Al had filmed himself – shirtless, doing sweaty, sweaty push-ups and… Read More →
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THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 4
THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 4 “The Meeting” Two years ago, if you had told the bearded, metal band shirt wearing, Grumpy-Cat Doppelganger Al Lafrance that… Read More →
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THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 5
THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 5 “Frank Allen Must Die” “Enhance the footage. Good. Now, enhance… good… further… enhance…” “You can just say ‘zoom in’ sir…”… Continue...
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THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 6
THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 6 “An Unexpected Visit” Al had surprisingly quickly come to terms with the fact that a government organization responsible for accidentally…...
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THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 7
THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 7 “The Simple Life” “So what’s it gonna be Frank? It’s your call.” A recently patched up Al Lafrance sits in… Continue reading →
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THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 8
THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN, BY SHANE ADAMCZAK – BOOK 2, PART 8 “Seven hundred and thirty days” Deep within the bushy and unkempt depths of Al Lafrance’s beard, a pensive Frank Allen… Continue reading →
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