Lucky 13

By Phil M. Cohen

Among the thirteen stories in this collection, you'll meet Nick Friedman PI on his morning bike ride around Prospect Park.  You'll listen in on a confessional near the New Jersey Turnpike. You'll watch a dystopic courtroom adjudicating the cases of the disabled young under the new Cuddle Law.  You'll eat lunch at a deli in the Bronx. You'll experience a not-so-good magician's piece de resistance.

Many of these stories are flash fiction, stories of 1,000 words or fewer.  Some are memoir; others sci-fi.  Some rework famous Old Testament stories. All are tightly crafted tales woven by a master story-teller, easy on the eyes, and challenging to the heart and mind, often offering the reader a wry smile

• Language: English
• Publisher: Phil Cohen
• Release date: May 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393592792

Phil M. Cohen

Phil M. Cohen has been a rabbi, a college professor, a Jewish campus professional, and an author. His short stories and flash fictions have appeared in a number of journals, including commuterlit.com.  His first collection of short stories is a quirky melange of styles and lengths, some memoir, some sci-fi, some absurdist, all told with wit and insight.

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