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NOT A CHANCE by Peter Nolan Smith

On December 24, 1984 I flew home from Paris to celebrate Christmas with my family in Boston. After the holiday I trained south to New York and my apartment in East Village. The falling snow prettified the concrete city. I arrived at 256 East 10th Street at sunset. My Yamaha 650 was buried under a […]

AN ISLAND BEAUTY by Peter Nolan Smith on KINDLE

A movie actor friend once explained the pecking order on an actress’ wish list. “In the first hour of a party she works the producers, the next thirty minutes are dedicated to the directors, and finally she’ll flirt with leading men, but under no circumstances will be ever go home with a writer. They are […]

NOT A CHANCE by Peter Nolan Smith

In 1984 I flew home from Paris for Christmas in Boston. After the holiday I headed south to New York. The East Village to be exact. New snow prettified Tompkins Square Park. Tomorrow it would be cold dirty slush. I had $200. Florida was 1200 miles away. Hitchhiking to Miami Beach took as long as […]