Thematically reminiscent of Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle," "Love to the Women" tells the story of senior architect Steve Sheridan who, in an effort to provide for his family, ends up nearly losing them. Everything always seemed perfect to Steve, right down to his girls' matching outfits and his wife's basic black dress. Upon retirement, however, his dreamlike image quickly becomes a nightmare as Donna, his eldest, embarks on one pre-wedding rampage after another while her sisters, Ruth and Penny, wage their own separate battles. Even Jayne, his wife, seems a stranger. In a...
Thematically reminiscent of Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle," "Love to the Women" tells the story of senior architect Steve Sheridan who, in an...
A short story set in Eastern Europe during WWII, "Such Good Cloth" chronicles events in the lives of three separate individuals experiencing the horror, fascination, and heartache of war. Kriska, using her vivid imagination to stave off her hunger pangs, wants to be an actress. Nicolaus, anticipating the arrival of "the great speaker," wants to be a soldier. And Joseph, having just been liberated from a concentration camp, simply wants to be at peace. In their own way, the three must come to terms with what they are about to realize, what they failed to recognize, and what they never could...
A short story set in Eastern Europe during WWII, "Such Good Cloth" chronicles events in the lives of three separate individuals experiencing the horro...
