Turning over a new leaf
Reading Time: < 1 minute Out with “Write in the Middle,” in with “Living Here Together.” The new blog focuses on things we all share, from sunsets to holidays to walks down Memory Lane.
Read More Turning over a new leafTag: FICTION
‘Living Here’ — Letting go
Reading Time: 2 minutes Whatever happened to my promised “Living Here” collection? I try to explain. Meanwhile, I’m moving on to other projects, starting with a remake of this blog.
Read More ‘Living Here’ — Letting go‘Houdini and Spiritualism’
Reading Time: 4 minutes – REVIEW – The book’s most diverting chapter is a bit of fiction. In “The Adventure of the Empty Chair,” Sherlock Holmes unveils a secret of Spiritualism and foils a demonic plot.
Read More ‘Houdini and Spiritualism’‘Margery’ character studies
Reading Time: 5 minutes -WRITING LIFE- Creating a cast for a one-act play about the medium who baffled Houdini seemed simple–until research showed there was more to the story.
Read More ‘Margery’ character studies‘Are We There Yet?’
Reading Time: 6 minutes – FICTION – ‘It’s too far’ said the tiny voice in the back seat. ‘Yes,’ her dad responded, ‘But look how far we’ve come!’ From “He Said, She Said.” 1,500 words.
Read More ‘Are We There Yet?’Nothing up my sleeve…
Reading Time: 5 minutes – WRITING LIFE – How an internship for Reader’s Digest launched my interest in Houdini and a story that would haunt me for life.
Read More Nothing up my sleeve…‘Revolution’
Reading Time: 5 minutes – FICTION -The words are right there: ‘But if you want money for people with minds that hate/ All I can tell is brother you have to wait.’ A scene from ‘He Said, She Said.’
Read More ‘Revolution’The Moral Equivalent
Reading Time: 7 minutes – SHORT STORY – In this scene from “He Said, She Said,” the owner of the Morning Sun and Evening Star tells “the troops” just what it means to go to war with an unseen enemy.
Read More The Moral EquivalentLost
Reading Time: 4 minutes – SHORT STORY – “Well, folks, I don’t know how you got here but that’s not important now,” the sergeant said. “What matters is where you go from here.”
Read More LostLast Call
Reading Time: < 1 minute – SHORT STORY – Is there anything sadder, more pathetic, than two old men reliving their glory days?
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