Sebastian - Non-Fiction Short Story Excerpt Opening Paragraph … and then he paused and looked at me for a moment and smiled, not the smile of a street jokester or comedy club hopeful, but the smile of a person thoughtfully and sadly trying to connect the darkness and chill of the evening with the...
My Friend Jackie - Non-Fiction Story Excerpt December 2016 Late Christmas Eve. We had just arrived home from our traditional tamale dinner at my sister’s home and I sat down at my desk for a moment to open my email. New emails bounced in. One, from a former government coworker -...
Introduction: "Sleepwalk" is a non-fiction story - essentially a coming-of-age story - and the title of the story, "Sleepwalk", comes from the instrumental hit of the late Fifties (Santo & Johnny) which plays a background part at a party later in the story. The story deals with my...