“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
~E. L. Doctorow
The Neon Flaming Motel and other published short stories.
Beachcomber Lily discovers a ring in the sand and imagines the possibilities of its origin and value as she tries to unravel the SECRETS of the SEA.
Reflecting on the personal history connected to a set of old coffee mugs becomes the focal point of a man’s reminiscences of his former life as he endures the never-ending tedium of a YARD SALE.
BEES is a reflection of the neighborhood that I once lived in. One afternoon I watched a couple of school kids interact outside my window and wondered who they were. In that brief encounter, it was obvious that the two had a deep friendship that we so often lose as adults.
A man’s best friend dies. IT WILL MELT reflects on his friend’s death and the memories that resurface of the interwoven lives of the friend, his wife, and himself.
Sheriff Peter Jones chooses THE NEON FLAMINGO MOTEL, a fading roadside attraction, to conduct some discreet professional development. The aging motel, part of a disappearing American roadside tradition has forgotten secrets of its own. Some things remain the same keeping their eccentricities as a guardian against changing times, so it is with THE NEON FLAMINGO MOTEL.
Duane M. Engelhardt 