Short Story: Zerbie vs. The Pandemic

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

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

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

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...
Niall Nelson Is on My Flight

Niall Nelson Is on My Flight

On a flight to Paris to pitch a film about British folk legend Nick Drake, a struggling screenwriter meets action hero Niall Nelson.  How will the seemingly hapless writer respond when danger strikes near...