For the convenience of my readers, this is a collection of creative works I have self published on my blog.
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FLASH FICTION
Pangea - “We met 250 million years ago…”
Love In Reverse - “Before they kissed for the first time…”
Traveler’s Journey - audio reading available “Hortense looked up and saw a mottled brown mutt on her porch. She turned the porch light on to get a better look.”
Let Us Go Then - “At my age I’m just a claw let out of my cage.”
Meat - “A wrinkled housewife asks the butcher if there’s a sale…”
Graduation Day - “At the Lincoln Memorial she cried at the feet of the great leader…”
Jacob’s Beard - “I’ve never been as heart-sick as the day I shaved Jacob’s beard.”
I Like You Zapata - “We had to concede that to them, because we all knew Hemingway was famous for his bad ass mambo…”
Blues Man - “Eddie Brown sat in a wooden chair with a beat up acoustic guitar over his knee, tapping his foot to the ancient rhythms of the blues.”
A Man and His Dog - “Men and dogs have been sitting by fires together for thousands of years…”
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PROSE POEMS
Consider the Pomegranate - audio reading also available
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CREATIVE NON-FICTION
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HUMOR
Reasons Why Your Short Story Was Rejected - “Dear Writer…”
PBS NewsHour coverage of the 42nd Republican Debate - Jim, Gwen, Mark and David
Kittens! - Pictures of small furry creatures versus potato chips
Girl’s Guide to Living With a Sports Fan - “Baseball, on the other hand, is played outside on a green field called a diamond. This will also be easy to remember.”
What Upper West Siders Did During the Hurricane - “Complain that there was not enough flooding during the hurricane, not even downtown in Battery Park where it’s unfashionable to live.”
Reasons Why Fran Lebowitz Has Writer’s Block - “Kids don’t know about Erica Jong, Gloria Steinem, Stonewall or mood rings.”
A Fairytale NYC Style - Pulled pork sandwiches can save lives.
New Jersey’s Cultural Zenith: The Diner - “You can go anywhere else in the United States, and they don’t understand how to DO a diner like New Jersey.”
