Whose home

  Whose Home edited story I was shocked, didn’t know what to expect but how could I know what I would see, remember, walking back, not sneaking back in time, lost, but here I am. Just stood there, paralyzed? Yes, but I continue to stand in front of what I think...

Whose panties are they? Children explore the world around them

Whose panties are they?  edited story Mathilda, Oscar’s mom, asked him to go to the basement of their apartment building and put the washed clothes in the dryer. Oscar hated the basement. The roaches there were large and vicious and he saw them eyeing him always ready...

Bernd Barth catches a train

Bernd Barth catches a train Everything matters including how you deal with fear edited story The rainbow of scents from the flower stand are gone, replaced by the odor of stale beer. The café Geiger, gone. Thaler’s luggage shop is no more.  The little shops in the...

3rd car of the D train

3rd car of the D train edited story Spring finished early.  It is now mid-May and someone has turned up the early morning heat in Brooklyn.  Many of the people filling the D subway train cars screeching towards Manhattan were dressed for summer and so the short skirts...

Leopold’s Café

Leopold’s Cafe   edited story Today Larry did not go to his office at Global Financial. Today was a beautiful warm spring day. Today was the day he wouldn’t see Barbara, the assistant manager at Global Financial. Today was the day he needed her not on the...

After dinner

After dinner edited story Keith’s voice was slurry but insistent. “I’m pretty sure I know where we are. Joan, make a left at the next intersection by the light.” Keith sat in the back seat next to Wendy, Ron’s wife while Ron sat up front with Joan. Joan insisted that...