Meet unassuming wine merchant and father, Peter. He has lived an extraordinarily long life, since early Greece in fact. His longevity has requirements that he begins to question as the centuries go by and society views on role of women change. Will this inhibit his future choices and threaten his continued life?

The U Drop Inn. Taos, New Mexico. A slow Sunday night in the not-too-distant future. Moe, the bartender, is polishing glasses. Miriam, the waitress, is leafing through her volume of the illustrated Kabbalah. Mickey, the protagonist of our story, dreams of Maude, the love of his life who mysteriously left him. When Maude briefly passes… Continue reading READING – Dead End Kids by Brian Leahy Doyle

The U Drop Inn. Taos, New Mexico. A slow Sunday night in the not-too-distant future. Moe, the bartender, is polishing glasses. Miriam, the waitress, is leafing through her volume of the illustrated Kabbalah. Mickey, the protagonist of our story, dreams of Maude, the love of his life who mysteriously left him. When Maude briefly passes… Continue reading READING-Dead End Kids by Brian Leahy Doyle

Unmoored by the death of his wife, sinking in an ill-timed retirement, the contentious Professor Ray finds himself in one more hell: searching for a rubber-backed rug in a big-box store. Enter supervisor Eva. Enter Dante. Forces converge and an exit appears from hell to healing—but will Ray take it?

Unmoored by the death of his wife, sinking in an ill-timed retirement, the contentious Professor Ray finds himself in one more hell: searching for a rubber-backed rug in a big-box store. Enter supervisor Eva. Enter Dante. Forces converge and an exit appears from hell to healing—but will Ray take it?

A lonely thirteen-year-old girl brings home a wild rat snake which provokes her mother and their struggling relationship. Cage looks at the complexity of our connections with non-human beings, as we attempt to reach out to one another.

A lonely thirteen-year-old girl brings home a wild rat snake which provokes her mother and their struggling relationship. Cage looks at the complexity of our connections with non-human beings, as we attempt to reach out to one another. $5 at the door

Two Black soldiers Clifford and Ernest have been assigned to dig graves for the fallen soldiers in a field in occupied France during World War II. In the field by themselves they converse about many topics: life, music, love and their reason for being in a war.

Two Black soldiers Clifford and Ernest have been assigned to dig graves for the fallen soldiers in a field in occupied France during World War II. In the field by themselves they converse about many topics: life, music, love and their reason for being in a war.

It’s June, and the surviving members of the wealthy and eccentric Burgess family are gathering at their homestead in the Catskill Mountains—for the first time since the loss of their powerful patriarch. Buried secrets, witty repartee, and passionate political debate are all on the menu—along with the potential for a summer romance or two. In… Continue reading READING – The Weekend People by Tom Rowan

It’s June, and the surviving members of the wealthy and eccentric Burgess family are gathering at their homestead in the Catskill Mountains—for the first time since the loss of their powerful patriarch. Buried secrets, witty repartee, and passionate political debate are all on the menu—along with the potential for a summer romance or two. In… Continue reading READING – The Weekend People by Tom Rowan

Janie is an older woman living alone in her New York City apartment. When Lizbeth, an old friend’s granddaughter, arrives for what’s supposed to be a short stay, it soon becomes apparent that Lizbeth has other, unexpected plans.