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Life- 3 1/2, is a true story surrounding the embezzlement of eleven million dollars. It tells the gritty tale of a young executive and how he inadvertently became involved with Boston gangsters, resulting in his efforts to stay alive and protect his family. It covers a ten year span of embezzlement, arson, FBI investigations, the judicial system and finally prison.

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This is a group of stories from my past. They are mostly tragic. I'm not really looking for feedback, just wanted to post them. They were written more for therapy than anything else.

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When I was 13 years old, my mother and two sisters were killed in a plane crash. Their Air Canada flight from Montreal to California had a stopover in Toronto and it went down just outside Toronto killing all 109 passengers and crew members. It also killed my father’s spirit. My father simply continued to exist, overcome by despair, in a state devoid of hope. His spirit was gone but his clock continued to tick. Burying a wife and two young children at the age of 44 devastated him and left him with an intense sorrow from which he never recovered. In addition, the overwhelming responsibility of raising a daughter alone completely immobilized him. In that plane crash, I lost my mother and two younger sisters. At 13 years of age, I was faced with the responsibility of a father in a complete state of shock, a house to take care of and what felt like hundreds of well-meaning relatives and friends telling us exactly what to do and how to proceed with our shattered lives. But I chose life. We always have choices.

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Thia world has all shapes and forms of them .Does it not .Remember the amazing KRESKIN well seems we have the amazing K.I.A All chuckles and reviews are greeted.

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two teens have a summer job that entertains and instructs. feedback: - did I capture the moments correctly? - was it fun to read? - what the heck can I do with it?

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Modobenny has been twisting my arm. She has finally convinced me to begin the process of coalescing these stories into a novel format. Some of the chapters are simply cut and paste from the Short Story postings. Others are new. As always, have at it with suggestions. Lord knows, I wouldn't let any of you off the hook. Thanks again, to all who have helped me get even this far. I couldn't have done it without you. Scott

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I've decided to try out a series of 'vignettes', which are memoir, though might not be in the same 'order' of chapters as I'm now posting. I'll have to do some rearranging at some point. But for now, rather than upload them all as short stories, I'll start with this for chapter one--and dread the day when I have to figure out how to rearrange. (NOTE: While the title is a shout out to my favorite author, it's a tentative one at present-though it does sum up my life quite nicely on some days!) I'm the mom of two autistic boys, and these are our stories.

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My story is not pretty; but it is a true, honest, memoir. Starting at the age of five with less than perfect nurturing, my life continues for eighty years into the present day. The early years, with their emotional storms were the forerunner of countless traumas throughout my teenage years, my six war years in the Naval Amphibious Corps, and my marriage of forty-six years to a deranged beauty queen.

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This is a story about an old friend. A close friend who was so brutally lost. Life really stinks and is unfair - a lesson I learned early and at a great price.

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When I was 12 I had cancer. To say that this event was life altering would be the grossest of understatements. It became the tilted pole around which my life crazily revolved until many years later when therapy and a loving husband entered my life. The first 3 chapters walk the reader through the day when my disease was discovered and diagnosed and juxtapose it with my introduction to the therapist who helped me bring all those dizzying revolutions to a halt. It is a very personal and - I hope - truthful account of my experience. I am curious to see how other writers will experience it.

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The story of a special dog.

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This is a love quest, a story about family secrets in the age of sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll. While American youth were growing their hair, experimenting with psychotropic drugs and protesting the Vietnam War, I was running for my life to Alaska, hoping to outdistance my troubled, murky past and vanquish the demons in my head. I knew my past was dark, but I did not know it all. The storyline is a progressive quest for adventure, self-discovery, and enlightenment with more twists and turns than a Texas sidewinder: from a six-month cruise in the Caribbean to a jail in California; from a cabin in the Sierra Nevada to a remote river camp in the Trinity Mountains; from the Aleutian Islands to Hawaii. Wrapped in a riddle with psychological and paranormal overtones, the story embodies the adolescent spirit of romance, rebellion and idealism, and celebrates the contention that given even less than half a chance, life not only endures...it prevails.

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I had originally posted this in the Flash Fiction Contest. But, as one of my favorite reviewers pointed out, it really isn't a story. Thus, I have reposted it as poem. If, indeed, it is a poem, I have no idea what type of poem it is. I just write what comes to mind or what i feel. I'll let you fine and vastly more knowledgeable folks sort out the details! Any and all comments are welcome. And thanks! Alan

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A girl opens up her past. Content is a bit heavy. Looking for whatever constructive advice anyone can offer me, and whether or not you think it's worth reading.

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I'm not sure where this story is going or if I'll post additional chapters. Maybe the struggle my wife and I have gone through can help others. Maybe writing about the past will help me keep those thoughts in my head for a bit longer.

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