A Not So Long Goodbye

A desperate gambler down on his luck; a son's recovery after his alcoholic father dies in a tragic boating accident, and a young reporter's first experience with grisly death-these are just some of the characters that appear in this series of short stories about life, death, and letting go. With more than three decades of reporting experience, this is Allan Stein's fourth foray into the world of fiction writing. As a freelance writer in Boston, his work has appeared in the New York Daily News, Hull Times, Brockton Enterprise and Patriot Ledger, The Union in Grass Valley, California, and numerous specialty publications.