It is a good thing to understand the world but also a damned hard thing. The most intelligent people are, more often than not, the saddest of people. This is one of the things that good writers toil with the most as they must understand many things to write well.

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An excerpt from my forthcoming book of microfiction, Heming Ways, a tribute to the prose of Ernest Hemingway. This one was penned during a private writing session from the writing studio of Hemingway in Key West, Florida on September 8, 2021.

One of my first forays into microfiction is slated to be published in November in The 50-Word Stories of 2021: Microfiction for Lovers of Quick Reads (50 Give or Take #1) by Vine Leaves Press.

The anthology will be available in both print and digital book formats via all major book retailers. Please check it out. It is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.