Stories
The Fabulous Fisher Family
The one thing you don’t want to hear about one of your books is somebody saying, “There’s all sorts of stuff in there that’s wrong.” But when I returned a call from Mary Lou Fisher, that’s what she said about my e-book, Contender: Triumph, Tragedy and Canadian Baseball Player Harry Fisher. It’s the story of […]
Winding Up for the World Series – 3
With the World Series underway, I decided to look back in on some of the people I talked to when writing my baseball e-book, Contender: Triumph, Tragedy and Canadian Baseball Player Harry Fisher, which I’ve recently re-issued. It tells the story of a relative of my husband’s who enjoyed a long minor league career in […]
Winding Up for the World Series – 2
With the 2013 World Series underway, I called retired pitcher Vernon (Deacon) Law, winner of a World Series ring for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1960, to get his thoughts on this year’s match up. (That’s him above.) Mr. Law spoke to me earlier for my e-book, Contender: Triumph, Tragedy and Canadian Baseball Player Harry Fisher. […]
Winding up for the World Series
With the baseball pennant fights underway, I called up some retired ballplayers for their take on the upcoming World Series. These are the gentlemen I spoke to for my baseball e-book, Contender: Triumph, Tragedy and Canadian Baseball Player Harry Fisher. It tells the story of a relative of my husband’s, who had a long baseball […]
The Hockey Stalker: A Short Story
A small gift: a short story that appears in my 2021 collection, The Necessary Havoc of Love. He was standing outside the arena as they pulled up, a little man with bad hair. “That’s him,” Janis Trevor said, pointing out the car window. “I phoned Dad. He says legally they can bar him from coming […]