Whenever I write a story featuring a dysfunctional family, I feel like I have to reassure the reader that it isn't autobiographical. Dad's neither a stockbroker nor a magician, and my clothes were just about never in fashion. My best friend did accuse me once of cheating at the Atari 2600 game "Breakout," but we made up about a week later.
Cover art features original photography by the author, who doesn't actually have any champagne in the house.
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I Didn't Ask for Champagne (Excerpt)
Short StoryNo one gets to choose how they feel--but it seems unfair that someone else should get to choose how I'm going to feel.
