Short Story: Zerbie vs. The Pandemic
Consider Zerbie, a seemingly hapless but good-natured maintenance worker in Manhattan, a borough that’s all but abandoned as the coronavirus threatens. When he enters a bank wearing a bandana across his nose, mouth and chin, a nervous teller mistakes him for a...
Short Story: The Good Life
A grieving man who confronts his past, present and future when he brings his young grandson to a ghostly diner known as The Good Life. Read Now
Jim’s “Eve of Infamy” Cited
In the New York Journal of Books’ glowing review of “At Home in the Dark,” the anthology edited by Lawrence Block, Beth Kanell cited Jim’s short story “Eve of Infamy” as among its best. She writes: “What would you guess a...
Catching Up: Connecting with Great 21st Century Music
My “Catching Up: Connecting with Great 21st Century Music” was published four years ago. It includes capsule reviews of 50 albums intended to support my position that rock-and-pop music is as great now it’s ever been. I’ve been thinking about what albums released...
