Shoah (n.): the Hebrew word for catastrophe; used since the 1940s to describe the Holocaust. My wife studies the Holocaust. Documentaries, books, photographs, museums, anything and everything interests and intrigues her. I grew up reading about WWII, but not much about the Nazi party or their political actions. Instead, I spent much more time …
Shrink, a Short Story
Sweet and honorable is sleep for him who dies for his country. But what if he lives? Shrink is the story of a soldier who lived. I’ve written a lot of stories, finished some of them. Shrink is one that I wrote a long time ago, almost 20 years ago now. It was originally titled …
Deception: a Short Story
Deception came about because I wanted an odd number of stories when I put Thread and Other Stories together. The stories in Thread are all about challenging reality. I intended Deception to explore what happens when someone’s worldview is so self-centered that they lose sight of the big picture. Other than that, I started writing …