These are not really stories but instead it's the author's chapters on his life. And it's to inspire you to try it too. He is roughly my age so many of his memories are mine. Black and white TV, vacations, class reunions, yearbooks, the Beatles, groovy, etc. If you have even given any thought to writing a quick memoir, this will give you ideas on how to do it.
He wrote twice a day for thirty minutes, just for a month. Rick Bailey has a blog also. (http://rick-bailey.com) He spends time in Michigan and Italy. I enjoyed reliving our past with him.
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That does sound interesting. We were discussing just yesterday some of the things we "dreaded" Boomers had and did that the current Gen Z (etc.) has no understanding of, let alone sympathy for.
Currently reading Patrick Ryan's first book, SEND ME, a collection of interconnected stories about this one family over many years of time, from the perspective of different members - Teresa, the mother; her two husbands; and her four children, two with each husband. Frankie, the youngest, appears in his later collection, THE DREAM LIFE OF ASTRONAUTS, though I can't remember if any of the others do. It's mixed, and I definitely prefer the later collection, but it's worth checking out.
I returned the first volume of that Library of America AMERICAN FANTASTIC TALES book edited by Peter Straub, after reading a handful of the stories, and instead got the second volume, covering 1940 onwards. Anthony Boucher's short "Mr. Lepescu" was one story that really stood out.
Like Jeff Meyerson, I'm a big fan of the Library of America volumes. They've produced volumes of science fiction writers, mystery writers, and other contemporary writers. Of course, I own the classics: Henry James, Edith Wharton, Poe, etc. Wonderful LOA volumes!
I am sorry, we went out to buy cat food and then a new printer was delivered that needed set up and installing, and I totally forgot it was Short Story Wednesday.
That book by Rick Bailey sounds very interesting. I don't know that I would want to write my memories, but it could be a good exercise.
Sounds like good stories, Jeff. Don't feel obliged to do it every week, Tracy. Yeah, I like the shortness of his entries. It makes it feel manageable. LOA sounds worth doing if you start early on.
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