Joseph Epstein
Jakey
‘Everybody loved Jake Rosenheim, except his son Jimmy, who hated him’
Bachelor
A new Chicago short story by Joseph Epstein
The End of the Lazars
A new short story.
Self-Deception
“The weather in early November was cool enough for me to start a fire. We settled in. Old friends. Cosy. “Have any of you heard of a game called Self-Deception?” Ellie Kaplan asked.”
Birth Mother
A new short story
The Viagra Triangle
“Why did I so strongly prefer that Mr Sherman not be an old fool,
another lost wanderer in the Viagra Triangle?” A new short story.
The Man On Whom Everything Was Lost
“Jeremy Jacobson,” he said, putting out a hand. “I’m a graduate student but very passionate about Henry James.”
The Casanova Of LaSalle Street
A new short story by Joseph Epstein
Kizerman and Feigenbaum
A short story
Rachmones
A new short story
How Top Boys topple down crime’s ladder
Too many prisoners rejoin society with no education, stable housing or job prospects. No surprise that more than half reoffend within a year
In the bleak midwinter
Christmas can be a bleak time of year. While some feel isolated, others are overwhelmed by the need for a perfect family Yuletide when their reality is different
My warnings to our spy watchdogs
Britain is under attack from Russia. And the government is blocking a Parliamentary report that details it