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ROBERT’S CATHEDRAL
Raymond Carver’s famous story from Robert’s point of view. (21 pages, 6,500 words)
Click to read “Robert’s Cathedral”

CAPE ANN
In “Liberty Park,” a novella in six episodes, the story is told in alternating voices, one Anne’s and the other Paul’s. I reproduce here the third episode, “Cape Ann,” narrated by Paul. The episode was originally a story on its own. (11 pages, 3,016 words)
Click to read “Cape Ann”

THE PORTRAIT
This is a story within a story in my current novel, Caroline. Its depiction of a college student struggling with his identity plays into one of the novel’s themes. (15 pages, approx. 3,800 words)
Click to read “The Portrait”

CALIFORNIA TOWHEE
It all starts when Millicent comes across a newspaper article about a blind man robbing a bank. (25 pages, approx. 6,000 words)
Click to read “California Towhee”

Comments

  1. Anne Mauro says

    August 11, 2022 at 2:18 pm

    Hi Adrian I like the story about the blind guy robbing a bank. I if a blind person robbed a bank it would be abig news story with all the iphones today the video would be all over the internet.

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