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Shelly Reuben 's Stories


Tilting at Windmills: Just Stepping Away

I am a firm believer in reality. I don’t remember when or where I first heard the words “Reality exists,” ..


Tilting at Windmills: Character Sketches, Encore

It is a common misconception that all fictional characters are based on an author’s friends, foes, or family. In fact, ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Ballad of the Non-Multitasker

Poem by Shelly Reuben Multitask, I cannot do; I can perform one task. Not two. I cannot throw a ball ..


Tilting at Windmills: Endangered This and That

I was thumbing through my newspaper the other day when I came upon a story lamenting that certain species – ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Long and Short of It

A poem by Shelly Reuben. Good Grief! Good Grief! I’m getting short. A process I’d like to abort. This attribute of getting old When ..


Tilting at Windmills: Exonerating Uncle Tom

When I was younger (like last week), I had this irritating habit of believing that what happened in novels was ..


Tilting at Windmills: Sunday! Sunday!

I’ll get up! I’ll get up! I said. I said. As I snuggled beneath my quilt. I hid my head And played quite dead. Without ..


Tilting at Windmills: Waiting in the Wings – Repeat Performance

I DON’T REPUBLISH THIS EVERY YEAR. ONLY WHEN SUMMER WAS PERFECT….AS IT IS NOW. Once upon a time Summer, clothed in ..


Tilting at Windmills: Actresses: The Memories, the Inspiration…the Dream

When I was a girl, I loved watching how women were portrayed in old movies on TV. Unlike my wonderful ..


Tilting at Windmills: Sucker-Punched

So, there I was minding my own business when my In-Box pinged, and I noticed a “Contact Submission” from my ..


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