RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Island insights that go beyond the tram.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

literary fiction

5 amazing hippie books transport you to another time and place

If you’re looking for a great read that will transport you to another time and place, then look no further than these five amazing hippie books. From the free-spirited world of 1960s San Francisco to the hardships of life on…

Lucky To Have Her

Lucky To Have Her is Chapter One From the Novel by David Stone You can say I failed. I won’t disagree with you. But life is a story told after the fact. At what did I or does anyone else…

Traveling Without A Passport Chapter

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.

Fiction Sample Chapters

The Garden of What Was and Was Not

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…

1966: The Garden of What Was and Was Not

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…

Funny Music Sample Chapter

 …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…

Fusible Links: Sex & Civil Rights in a Small Town

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…

Stories from the End of the World

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…

Messes I Made While You Were Waiting for Godot

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…