Take Two Tablets

Sixteen short stories and, with an homage to Chekhov, eight very short stories, less than a thousand words each. As in my first collection, Nothing Sacred, the stories here run from satire to absurd (a favorite genre of mine, having been raised on Max Shulman). The stories are set all over the world: in a Manhattan elevator (Tango), in a New England archdiocese (Cleaning Day), in Jerusalem (What's China?), and in rural Northern Ireland (Michael Murphy).  

Nothing Sacred

Here is a collection of prize-winning short stories as thematically diverse as you’ll ever find. If you enjoy absurdist humor, look no further. Or, if you’re craving satire or stories in which the human comedy is poignantly on display, you’ll find those, too. The second story, The Visitor, was the grand prize winner in the 2019 Creative Writing contest organized jointly by the University of Alaska and the Anchorage Daily News. There are two runners-up from that same competion in this volume.  

Short Stories