Short Stories
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Newspaper Boy
In London on a bitter cold snowy night. The wind blowing stinging icy blasts. A young boy struggles with the knob on a door to a Public House, a Pub. The rags wrapped around his hands do little to keep the cold out and cause his hands to slip on the icy knob. Under one arm he carries a roll of Newspapers making it more difficult to turn the knob. The missing buttons on his tattered coat allow it to fly open to the cold gusts when his hands are occupied.
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When author John Caulfield was younger, he cut the grass using an old, temperamental, self-propelled hand mower. Now, this eighty-five-year-old husband, father, and grandfather uses a riding lawn mower. A lot has changed in the years in between. In Short Stories, Caulfield shares a collection of short stories, with some embellishments, that offer glimpses from his long-lived life as well as other imaginative anecdotes and tall tales.
From a group of close-knit boys growing up together in Queens, New York, during World II, to a story about the importance of an old fruitcake tin and the Boy Scouts, to memories of eating a Nathan’s hot dog on Coney Island, Short Stories offers an eclectic compilation of narratives told from the author’s unique perspective.
Filled with humor and detail, the tales present a lighter look at life and take a trip back in time.
About the Author
John Caulfield, a veteran, is in his mid-eighties and is married with children and grandchildren. He currently lives in Fishkill, New York.