Short Essays and musings about family, philosophy, death.

I am a former military type who sometimes feels the need to translate the double speak of the military. Musings have to do with family, religion, sickness. Interesting, quick reads.It is Halloween night, 1967, New York City, and children all over the city romp over the neighborhoods in the joyous quest for a Trick or Treat. Young Sonia and her brothers join the revelry, but as the evening fades into night, she becomes aware that a mysterious figure watching from high above. Up on the roof of her tenement building, a pale-faced stranger watches and beckons, and Sonya is helpless to resist.THIS IS A SHORT STORY, AN HOUR'S READING.