LIFE OF A NEWSPAPERMAN

“Day of a Man With a Family” — A Short Story by Milton Besser

Part Two

Speaking Fiction To Power
The Haven
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12 min readApr 16, 2024

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“Jim and Midge Moran” — Screenshot taken by author from family photos.

Jim swung the car into the Willow Lake Manor entrance. The houses which once seemed so attractive to him appeared in a new light — each little jails where men were chained to domesticity. And here was his own house, in need of paint and lacking the newness it had when they first…

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Speaking Fiction To Power
The Haven

I am an old man who loves to write - to entertain, to produce a chuckle, and occasionally make a point I think is worth making - and sometimes all three!