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Category Archives: Fiction
From New Nagler: ‘Romeo’s a-travelling to Mantua. Fetch him.’
Some scenes are hard to write. This was one. “He walked. Past the old mills, past the stoops, past the troubles that weren’t his own; out of the light of downtown into the darkness of the worker’s ghetto, along … Continue reading
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New Nagler: Where he comes from
It’s what you do in a poor town, he learned. Have hope; everything else is darkness. The Baker Hills section of Ironton was developed by one of the city’s rich bankers more than a century ago as a swanky … Continue reading
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New Providence (NJ) Book Festival, set for Saturday
The second New Providence Book Festival has been scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at the grounds of the Salt Box Museum at 1350 Springfield Avenue in New Providence. The rain date is September 29th. Scheduled … Continue reading
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9/11 memorial: The power of silence
A couple of years after 9/11, I was assigned by my Daily Record editor to write a piece for our annual Living Guide on Morris County’s 9/11 Memorial which had been built out in West Hanover Avenue, in the county … Continue reading
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A sore shoulder, surgery and Frank Nagler
Well, found I need surgery on my left shoulder that has been bugging me since spring. The real downside, of course, that is while I have one of those magical sports injuries – a torn rotator cuff – I won’t … Continue reading
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Elephants, the golfer and the compound: ‘The Weight of Living’
There was some dispute about George Dickinson’s ancestral claims, but Nagler didn’t care. He had lived in the area for eighty-five years and his family settled in these hills before the Revolution, whether it was the right Dickinson family or … Continue reading
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Join me and other authors at events in September and October
I’ll be at some events in September and October. Sept. 7 and 8: Belvidere (NJ) Victorian Days. This is a celebration of the Victorian Era in one of Warren County’s delightful towns. Events include tours of local homes and … Continue reading
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You dance
Dance To only that sound you can hear, To the finger snap of yourself. Dance to the taste of kisses sweet, Not their absence; Dance to the touch of fingers on skin, To the light in your eyes. Dance away … Continue reading
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More new Nagler: Introducing Leonard
One of the heroes of the Frank Nagler Mystery series is Leonard, Detective Frank Nagler’s blind, bookstore owning friend. In the WIP prequel, Leonard is a street kid. After being rescued from a gang attack, Leonard comes to live at … Continue reading
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chrysalis
rising again first knees, then to hands; pushing then upright; the weight of things shed. such wreckage left; kisses, touches, silence, desertion, return, aching wonder; drama, blame, wounded hearts, cobbled love without instruction. walking away. shedding brushing … Continue reading
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