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Freedom

(excerpt from Encounter with the Future)

“When I opened my eyes, I did not recognize the sun-soaked room. Then it came to me. I was in my dream. Not dreaming a dream. I was living the dream. I was in England. Flesh and blood, body and soul.

“My attic room was not quite Jane Eyre, but to me, it was special. The window was small, and too high for me to be able to see out of, but, on a sunny day, the little square filled the room with bright light.

“I looked at my watch. It was 9:00 a.m. My stomach reminded me that it had not received any food since my lunch at the Prague airport in Communist Czechoslovakia some twntey hours earlier.

“I had just turned eighteen and was embarking on a journey to the unknown.”

Other Publications:

bioStories featured the essay “Jackie Nina and Me” in the Jun 8 2022 issue.

“Finley's Gift” has been selected by Living Spring Publishers for their annual book of short stories, entitled Stories Through The Ages (Baby Boomers Plus 2021). You can order it now directly at, www.LivingSpringPublishers.com or on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble starting in September 2021.

POTATO SOUP JOURNAL, Best of 2020 Anthology is now available on Amazon. You can find the essay “Power Of The Violin” on page 304.

More essays can be found at:

• Nixes Mate Review — “When Silence is Not an Option”

• Tint Journal “Freedom”

• Cleaver Magazine “Unfulfilled Dream”

• “No Regrets” is available in print or on PDF from Burningword Literary Journal.

• Ariel Chart International Literary Journal “Dream on Ice” (May 2021) and “Still Lucky” (October 21)

• Essay “Encounter With The Future” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by BioStories

WRITING EXPERIENCE

• Kauai Writers Conference – 2019

• Masters of Modern Fiction with Nicolas Delbanco,

• The Art Of Short Story with Richard Bauch

• Institute For Writers - Fiction Writing with writer Kris Franklin – 2018

• Staunton Hill Center for Creativity - Memoir workshop with Donna Lucey – 2017

• New York University Steinhardt School – Short Story Writing with Carol Bergman– 2015

• Long Ridge Writers Group - Creative Nonfiction with Cindi Myers - 2012-2014