The following is a story I created, not intended to be considered as history, but rather to make a point. After today’s tragic fire at Notre-Dame, some suggest that, due to inarguable past sins of the Catholic Church and a decided world-wide western bias, perhaps we should not rush to rebuild this iconic cathedral. I … [read more]
Fiction
Ten Tales From Sunset and Fairfax: Coming of Age In L.A.
Ten Tales From Sunset and Fairfax Coming of Age In L.A. One As soon as Walker Callahan pulled the 1965 Ford Econoline delivery van into the parking lot behind Antonioni-McGrath Flowers in Sunset Plaza he knew that George was blowing Michel in the bathroom. At least that’s how it appeared. Through the opaque bathroom window … [read more]
Hitchhiker
(Ed: I entered the Boulder Weekly “101 Word Fiction” contest last year and earned an honorable mention. They’re doing it again and I just submitted this one.) I almost missed him in that full-length camouflage coat, Vietnam era boonie, Ho Chi Minh beard and braided pigtails. He was nearly invisible against the backdrop of alders … [read more]
Two very short stories…
Two very short stories… I saw Buckminster Fuller speak in 1972 and was thoroughly impressed with his approach to design thinking. Here was a man who had designed, among many other things, the geodesic dome, telling us about the inspiration he got from working on submarines. To several thousand hippies, Bucky referencing war machines was … [read more]
Tea Time
The Boulder Weekly is having a “101 Word Fiction Contest”. I submitted the below story this morning. You know, of all genres of stories and films, I have to say that horror or supernatural or suspense are my least favorite. Sandy, on the other hand, loves those kinds of stories, and struggles with unresolved … [read more]
Happy Hour
Happy Hour A Truncated Chronology -Geoff O’Keeffe To Nikki, for her courage. One day in late summer, 1968, Jim’s dad was no longer at home. And Jim understood this was to be permanent. Not that he had been there much in the prior fifteen years. Maybe he was there in the late fifties and early … [read more]
