Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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Rickety Trains and Small Planes
As the train progressed ... people boarded with fruit, produce, and the occasional chicken and goat.
And That’s the Way It Is … Or Was
My first memory of broadcast news is the image of my mother madly ironing while watching something on television that clearly [...]
Fender Bender
Danny‘s beloved 2004 T-bird, slightly scratched Fender Bender When my husband Danny turned 60 he bought himself a birthday [...]
Suzanne — RetroFlash
I didn’t notice when Suzanne first showed up. We unloaded the stage, carried it into the theater, and assembled it behind the [...]
Op Tails
I went to work for Management Decision Systems in May of 1981. It was a young, vibrant company founded by John D. C. Little [...]
Of navigational impairment and the kind of adventure I never intended
Had someone drugged the soft drink they served me, at the offices of the mining company where my newfound friends needed to [...]
Gates of Eden: the genesis of an antiwar novel*
My antiwar writing began in a theater. I was working on a new play and the antiwar movement of the 1960s came [...]
Bored Among the Crowds
This story is something of a confession: I have had memorable episodes of boredom when I've been around other people ...
White Horses
We'd not gotten halfway when the motor started to choke and sputter. A few minutes after that, the storm was upon us.
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