Category Archives: semi-fiction

THIS AIN’T KANSAS / Bet On Crazy

May 21, 2013 – 10:34 pm

Every morning in 2010 I checked the weather for New York City. The forecast determined my attire for the diamond exchange, especially as the seasons of September seesawed between summer and autumn. The weather bureau predicted a temperature of 75 with rain later in the afternoon. I dressed in a lightweight suit. My umbrella was [...]

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DREAMS OF TAYLOR by Peter Nolan Smith

May 20, 2013 – 8:30 pm

The term ‘generation gap’ was coined in the tumultuous post-WWII years, as the focus of the American media swung from the conquerors of the Axis Powers to their spawn, the Baby Boomers. Bing Crosby gave way to Elvis and the King was deposed by the Beatles, as each succeeding wave of teenagers attempted to assassinate [...]

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HORSENECK BEACH by Peter Nolan Smith

May 19, 2013 – 8:05 am

The morning after my senior prom I drove my date down to Horseneck Beach in my VW Beetle. My schoolmates were having a beer bash, but I couldn’t find them in the dunes and Patti suggested that we cruise the beach road. “Maybe they went someplace more secluded.” The junior’s blondish brown air was sweeping [...]

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PROM QUEENS CRY by Peter Nolan Smith

May 18, 2013 – 8:49 pm

Few loves are more true than that of a high school sweetheart. Sophomore sessions of kissing on sofa were upgraded to petting during junior year and pledges of eternal devotion for the final year of high school. I was lucky enough to find myself in such a situation in the Spring of 1970. Kyla Rotta [...]

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Best Punch At CBGBs

May 17, 2013 – 6:15 pm

CBGBs was a rough bar. The Hell’s Angels used the Bowery bar for away play and no one questioned their right to act like they owned the place,since they scared off most other asshole bikers, although not every night. The night of the Cramps’ first show at the Bowery club was packed with affectionados on [...]

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