David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
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December 2, 2025
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Tammany Hall controlled New York City Detective Doherty’s life revolves around the political machine. A case from years past is reopened, sending him on a chase for The Wandering Man through New York City and down many dead ends. Order…
Enigmatic Epigrams is the first chapter of my novel, BABY, IT’S YOU. It was published in September 2020.
Traveling Without A Passport Chapter, Free: Happily Morally Corrupt and Sort of Married in 1975… The times were as fluid as the rules when America lost its virginity.
November 22, 1963 I generally enjoyed Miss Izak’s class, brightened as it was by her effervescence, even though I was failing, just as I’d previously failed Latin. Gene, a born smart ass, and Billy, his frequent target, were involved…
In Binghamton, March 1966 Here is what finally became of Ginny or, I should say, the parallel paths we once shared, then separated. (Following is an excerpt from The Garden of What Was and Was Not.) In America, the…
…a sample chapter from Funny Music by David Stone Maggie was waiting at home. I had to bring her car back soon. She’d accepted responsibility for driving me to the bus station, the dumpy, neglected art deco place that still lit…
Sex and Civil Rights in a Small Town, 1966 “Well,” Bruce announced, “on Monday, we’ll have to go out to looking for jobs, but first, I’m going to show you how to have a good time. We’ll go over to…
Things I Learned While Insane From a Novel by David Stone …from After Peter: Stories from the End of the World I guess I’d better clarify where I was coming from and clear up the mystery of why it…
Rondo This is a chapter from The Messes I Made While You Were Waiting for Godot How to make a decent knot after more than a quarter-million words, some good jokes, wisecracks, stories, revelations and what we learned on the…