Category: Commentary
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Why I Write — Cliche Question, I Feel
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“Sincerely, Max Weber,” was just published on line at www.servinghousejournal.com. It is the eighth short story I’ve had accepted in about eight months. Just yesterday Ascent Aspirations informed me that “Freud in Auschwitz” wil appear in its July issue. These stories are in my work in progress. “Working Through the…
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Consider That One May Tire of Society
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On a clear day one can see forever. This lyrical snippet comes to mind. Given the collective melt-down in Japan, the aerial incursion into Libya, the weekly Jeremiads by Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin meeting with the Israelis to strengthen her bona fides, Ms. Angle running for office once more in…
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Gone
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I recall working from a pad of white paper, perhaps 16 lb or so, often with silky carbon paper nearby. I owned a Smith Corona portable, blue bottom, beige sides, and so often abused by me over the years as I struggled typing my stories that I had to have the letter…