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I call this the Pen & Quill. It was the name of a restaurant near my hometown of El Segundo, and it sounds literary; don't you think? In my stories, I include details of real incidents with which, in some, cases, I take some poetic license to create a workable piece of short fiction. I'll always let you know when a work here is sufficiently fictionalized to call attention to it.. Otherwise, it is safe to consider each story factual. In some cases, I may be giving you the retelling of a story from more than one source that happened long ago, such as the one about how my parents met, courted, and married, "Sam & Babe & Francesco . . . ".

New: We added a new link

This is to the Web site of a couple, Tom and Joan Brannen, who farm organic seeds for export in Hawaii: Tomatoes, peppers, cukes, eggplant, etc. Tom and Joan are longtime friends who have been farming for much of their lives. See the Kilohana Farm And Seed link below.

External Links We Support

visual artist: ML Molinaro | foodies: The Daily Beet | service provider: SCR Online | wine/cheese shop: Fine Vines | historian: Gilbert Gia | Organic Seeds Kilohana Farm Seed Company | Video Networking, Art, Books, Brew, Wine: InData Group, Inc.

Short Stories