Back Alleys
By Derek Davis
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From the depths of the human mind to the reaches of extra-galactic space, these stories embrace anything and everything that's human (and non-human). Visit Prester John in his hidden Indian kingdom, Satiety Jones on the bottom of the sea, Meester Seven on the planet Altamoria IV, and an introspective witness to murder in, yes, a back alley. Lawyer Kestrel learns unlikely lessons as he defends a woman who turned the homeless to soup, Mikael Yorum leaves a gift for Johann Sebastian Bach, the Turks bombard Philadelphia, and Rabelais gives advice to Santa deep into booze and depression at the north pole.
Derek Davis
A big-city escapee, I live in the quiet hinterlands of northeast Pennsylvania. Former editor of the alternative paper now known as The Philadelphia Weekly, I've published over 60 short stories and and wrote a book-length history of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Did a bunch of freelance editing, such as running the SAP Americas customer magazine, interviews with the likes of Noam Chomsky, and smoothing English translations of German PR. I had the most fun collaborating on a screenplay with my daughter, Caitlin and writing a cycle of eight local-history plays up here – as well as vaudeville routines. My favorite activity (other than writing) is turning trees into firewood for the wood stove that provides our "central" heating. My wife is the most wonderful potter I've ever known.
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