Shelly Reuben 's Recent Stories

Pack my bag, I’m going home. Good God, I’ve waited long. To stay away For such a time, Was folly … waste. Was wrong. Reserve a ..

I got curious to find out if anybody – other than a few rare souls like myself – actually likes ..

I walked into a building one overcast day When the sky was quite gloomy and grubby. And looked at the slots by ..

It recently dawned on me that although many, if not most of you, know the origin of the expression “Tilting ..

I have decided that we need a new holiday. To explain, I’ll start with the opening lines of a poem ..

I’ll start today with a mini-recollection. The context is sad, but just push that aside, and listen to the message. Many ..

The temperature’s rising. The sun’s blazing hot. When I sit in the shade, I won’t budge from the spot, There is, though, ..

I met Byron Houston Coates when we were both on leave from reality and living in New Jersey. Me, having fled ..

Let me start off by saying … as one does when looking at modern art … “I’m not an expert, ..

After casually mentioning in a previous column that I’d watched Million Dollar Movie while growing up, a much younger friend ..

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