Author: Samuel J. Rosenthal

poem about getting older 0

The Lost Age of Show-and-Tell

Poem   Time drowns us like quicksand, the hourglass has a wide waist Eighteen years are reduced to memory, you grasp blindly for your vanished youth The little girl’s toothy grin is replaced by...

Comedy Fiction Short Stories 2

The Human Comedy: Street Cleaning

Comedy Fiction Short Stories   Marty McMichaels had two choices — the same two choices he had every time they came — and neither choice was a good one.It was Tuesday morning in Manhattan, and it...

Best Life Poems 0

What Do I Look Like to You?

Best Life Poems   What did that mean just now? That glance, that alluring searching gaze Focused on me Or simply on some distant spot in the cosmos conveniently located in my eyes? Am...

Man Smiling, funny fiction 2

The Human Comedy: The Afghani Waiter

Short Story Mark and Dana had never tried Afghani cuisine before. They weren’t sure they’d ever try it again, but their friends had recommended the place, which felt exactly like they supposed an Afghani restaurant was supposed to...

Short Funny Stories 5

The Human Comedy: Small Change

Short Story The young woman felt for the subway beggar. She always felt for the subway beggars. Sometimes she gave, sometimes she didn’t. It depended on their appearance, their spiel, their perceived credibility …...

Short Funny Stories 0

The Human Comedy: Taxi Tao 2

Short Story   Dana got into the taxi. “Port Authority,” she told the driver. “Absolutely,” said the driver, a mid-30s man with an unmistakably non-native face and accent. “Where are you from?” Dana asked...

Short Satire, Landscape Photography 0

The Human Comedy: Snow Day

Short Satire The boy grabbed his sled. The blizzard was coming. He writhed into his Long Johns. He wriggled into his snowpants. He was so excited, he put his ski goggles on upside down....