A WIT'S WORLD
Six Novellas
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It all changes shortly after my 12th birthday. If i was heading home after school rather than to hang out at a friend's, i would walk home and take a shortcut through a park. We lived in an upper-middle class town, so there were usually no surprises in the park. There was one unsavory character that I would spot now and the, but he never wore anything abnormal, like a raincoat and sneakers, so i felt quite comfortable walking past him. He was usually accompanied by a brown paper bag and i could see that the top of some type of bottle peered throuh the top of the bag. I did in fact wonder what he was drinking, but i was too young to think it was anything more than a Coke. The bag was too large for it to have been glue, so that notion was out. I knew about glue sniffing because some of the kids would sneak their airplane glue into their lunch sacks and sniff it during class. One day, Tommie Roberts started laughing his ass off (as little as it was) for no apparent reason. The teacher asked Tommie to share the gist of his outburst with the class. He couldn't respond. Tommie had no earthly idea what in the hell he was laughing at. If he were brave, he should have said, "Oh nothing, it's just the glue". But, in his case, bravery would have gotten him a suspension from school and a beating from his parents. So, he just sat there and giggled.
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Eleven-year-old Maria considers herself an ordinary girl during a seemingly ordinary time in America when the milkman makes biweekly deliveries, Sunday drives are a regular occurrence, and vacations are spent at a family cabin. Thirty years later as Maria reflects on her childhood memories, she realizes that everything changed after her twelfth birthday when she met an elderly woman.
In a collection of six novellas, Stuart Schwartz chronicles the lives of diverse characters as they navigate their way through life surrounded by drama, humor, intrigue, philosophical thoughts, and imaginary fun. Three years after Billy Buttons receives a stuffed lamb as a gift from his mother, he discovers the animal can talk. But the real fun begins when he lets Lambie out of his book bag. In Colonia, Illinois, the neighbors on Orchard Street mostly keep to themselves, except for two couples. Morton and Toni Williams and Ralph and Dawn Schultz are close friends. But when they attend a pyramid-scheme seminar, no one anticipates what comes next.
A Wit’s World is a volume of six novellas that highlight the personal experiences and challenges facing a band of characters, each with their own ideas on how to triumph and persevere.
About the Author
Stuart R. Schwartz worked as an insurance and healthcare executive for several years. He earned a BA in psychology from Tusculum University, served in the US Army, authored several screenplays, and lived in several locations. Now retired, he enjoys writing, listening to music, cooking, golf, and attending sporting events.