Short Stories
DAY 2 OF BILLY GOATS CURSE: BLEACHERS, BOYS, AND BASEBALL
It was a warm, sunny Monday in Chicago, October 1945. Game 6 of the World Series...
THE COIN FLIP OF A LIFETIME
Toward the end of 1978, I was an aimless twenty-one-year-old living with my pare...
THE LAST DAYS OF DOC HOLLIDAY
An historical story of fiction
November 7th, 1887 –Glenwood Springs Colorado
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Did Ruth Really Call His Shot? Grandpa Didn’t Think So
Recently, I came across a news feed about a Babe Ruth jersey that sold for an in...
SO LONG TO NAMES OF MY YOUTH
Every year media publications run recaps of celebrities that passed away the pre...
MY PERSONAL ODYSSEY
During an endocrinologist appointment in April ...
RAY’S LAST PITCH
I stopped by the hospital one Saturday afternoon to sit with my grandfather, Ray...
THE PHANTOM’S EPILOGUE
New York City, March 1920
I am dying – this time, I believe, for real. I have...
RIZZO, THE FAT-HEADED CAT
Hey! I’m Rizzo, the magnificent male feline. Alan and Lady Dawn are my persons. ...
HARRY VARDON’S GOLF BAG
HARRY VARDON’S LONG LOST GOLF BAG
June 19th, 1914, British Open, Prestwick Go...