Recent difficulties
On April 1 (April Fools' Day) I took an ambulance ride to the hospital (no April Fools) and I've been working to get myself back to what I consider normal, but had two more trips to the emergency room since. While my prognosis is encouraging, I have to be more careful with myself since I have a history of heart problems. These problems have not stopped me from writing short stories and resume my memoir, I do feel a tug in my chest from time to time, reminding me that I am mortal. So, here I am, resting, but still writing and sharing some of my fond memories. I hope you find something on my blog that speaks to you and enjoy my short stories that tell stories the way I want to tell them.
- "South Fork of the American River": Accepted by Reedsy in April, this is a true story of my white-water rafting trip down the South Fork of the American River in California on an excursion with some boys residing in R-House in Rincon Valley near Santa Rosa. It was quite exhilarating until our boat hit a rock and I was sent into the rapids of the river. Why don't you come with me as I relive this adventure in my life.
- "Nineteen Sixty-Five Mustang" accepted by Reedsy in April, I have been experimenting with point of view and in this story, my narrator is a 1965 Ford Mustang with a rather interesting story to tell, but I will say I was inspired by a similar story I saw on the news a few months ago.
- "Emerald Nightfall" accepted by Reedsy April 2024, what was supposed to be a love story once again turned into a supernatural tale of a magical place where they sometimes experience an emerald nightfall in which the line between the living and dead gest blurred a bit. If you have any doubts, just ask Moses Sterns who lost his wife in labor along with his son. One night the Emerald Nightfall descends upon the community bring with it the supernatural powers as it descends.
- "Mr. Timberack's Gallery of Lost Souls," accepted by Reedsy April 2024: Human oddities populate this gallery where human oddities are the norm. Run by Mr. Timberack, now long dead, but his grandson shows George Dundee some old tintypes that fascinated him. Taking these old tintypes, George discovers the magic contained in each frame he has collected.
- The Woman Who Made Tin Faces: Chapter 23: Locked out of her shop, Mindy moves in with friend and her boyfriend in Paris, but soon finds that the world no longer accepts her as antisemitism begins to grip Europe during the Great Depression. Fearing for her son Emile and her husband who is in the middle of a miner's strike, she begins to see the crumbling of France under the pressure of Germany's new chancellor Adolph Hitler.