Admitted Impediments (excerpt from The Magic Part: available free via email request below.)
Bussin’ Kids It is the early 1970s, and bussing children has just become the law. Will drives a school bus. Camay is his first Black student passenger.
The Goodbye (excerpt from The Magic Part: available free via email request below.)
Happy Birthday, Trick or Treat A young boy learns to cope with responsibility and ego. It is the 1950s on Halloween, the narrator’s father’s birthday. October Hill Magazine, Winter issue (volume 7, issue 4), pages 23 – 27.
The Lost Dime Two boys, Peter who is White and Cyril who is Black, become friends in a housing project in Philadelphia. It is the 1950s, and racial tension in the neighborhood threatens their relationship. Two women and a pair of snakes at a carnival sideshow, show the boys what friendship is.
Lunch at the Ogontz Jake meets his elderly mother Naomi for their weekly lunch at the Ogontz Diner. It’s a mother-son meeting of the minds and personalities.
Madeleine The daughter of Polish Jews who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto grows up in wartime Brooklyn.
Marisel’s Baby A young Puerto Rican girl is pregnant. She and her next door neighbor, a flamboyant fellow Boricua nicknamed Chochi, plan for her desired delivery at Coney Island.
Moebius Mind Howard engages a psychiatrist to help him with his writing and, by extension, his mental health.
The Music Club Ted and Steve, two of the three members of the American University Music Club, reunite at a Washington, DC bar.
Once Upon a Dream On his way to a job at Disney World, Chris has a car accident that results in his acquiring an unusual talent.
Up the Down Escalator After his daily exercise on his bike, Father John accidentally runs into Sarah as they exit the Washington DC metro.