Howard Zoldessy
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Howard Zoldessy

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On the day I became a published author, the U.S. Geological Survey reported a seismic event in the Northeast. I knew the precise source of that disturbance: My English teachers were spinning wildly in their graves. There were twenty-five students in my public school classes, and the order for groupings and presentations was alphabetical. I was always last. If those teachers had been asked to compose a list of the students most likely to author a published work my position would not have changed. If the other students had been asked the same question I would have been last on all twenty-four submissions. If I had been that question I would have put myself first. My perception of literature changed in my senior year of college. I fell in love with our elegant language. As George Bernard Shaw eloquently expressed, we are possessed with “the divine gift of articulate speech.” In 1972, while earning a Master of Arts degree at the State University of New York, publishing a work of fiction became an aspiration. That aspiration remained inert until 2016 when Elizabeth, my extraordinary wife reminded me that every aspiration has an expiration date. The short story has always been my preferred medium. The Platypus is an intriguing story of personal justice and retribution. The Fight For My Daughter presents a battle fought by a single, devoted father to preserve his family and fend off a full-fledged attempt to kidnap his daughter. The Fight For My Daughter is a testament to the unbreakable bond between a parent and his child. The protagonist in The Yearbook rejects the notion that we are defined by others; he will write his own story and enjoy doing so. There is a worthy story behind every human on earth and yet most of those stories also have an expiration date. My intention is to create fiction that combines the tidbits from those real life stories with a writer’s license. If my stories elicit a laugh or relieve someone’s pain or offer a shred of illumination I will have succeeded. Memorializing those everyday stories is one facet of the precious jewel that is the written word.
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