After Hours is a journal of Chicago writing and art started in 2000 by Albert DeGenova. Because I tend not to keep up on anything other than national news (not fashion, not best sellers, not pop music), I only recently learned about it and decided to submit, thinking I would like to be on recordContinue reading “After Hours”
Category Archives: Stories
His Heroic Courtesies
Oh, Apple of Discord! Sweet, Sweet Apple of Delight!
Massachusetts Murder Mystery
This story was first published in J Journal: New Writing on Justice (Vol. 6 #1. Spring 2013). It later was republished in my chapbook Way Stops Americana, which won the Gambling the Aisle chapbook contest of 2018 and which is described below the story. Massachusetts Murder Mystery My Life had stood – a Loaded GunContinue reading “Massachusetts Murder Mystery”
Red Shoes: Inspired by a Folktale
This prose piece was first published in North American Review (July, August 1994, Vol. 279, No. 4) It was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen. Red Shoes Okay, you see him on the corner. The soldier with the rusty beard, the crippled arm. And a memory is stirred. It could be any corner. Any crippled arm.Continue reading “Red Shoes: Inspired by a Folktale”
Folktales as Inspiration
These prose pieces were inspired by a Wolof folktale from the Gambia with themes of pride and immaturity choosing a mate, a theme one finds in tales all over the world. I wrote and published two versions inspired by the same tale. “And the Horse that you Rode In On” was first published in theContinue reading “Folktales as Inspiration”
The Story Ends -- The Story Never Ends 