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.

novel

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…

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…