Richard Seltzer
Bio
Richard now writes fulltime. He used to publish public domain ebooks and worked for Digital Equipment as "Internet Evangelist." He graduated from Yale where he had creative writing courses with Robert Penn Warren and Joseph Heller.
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Loving Layers of Lies
Elle proceeded, “This story starts when the phantom ship was leaving with Odysseus on board. Penelope ran and leapt from the dock. She grabbed hold of a loose-hanging rope and swung back and forth, high above the deck, too high to drop without serious injury.
By Richard Seltzer3 years ago in Fiction
The Value of Not Knowing
“After the suitors were dead and their relatives pacified, Odysseus and Penelope resumed their conversation in the immovable bed he had crafted from a living tree. It was a symbol of their union. She pressed him for more details about what Tiresias had told him in the Underworld, the prophecy that he would have to leave again soon, on a new quest ordained by the gods. She wondered how much time they would have together before he left again.
By Richard Seltzer3 years ago in Fiction
Chagall and Prints Charming
Chagall Elle propped her feet on the coffee table and leaned back, with her arms behind her head. She had a story she was itching to tell. It had occurred to her overnight, when light from passing cars penetrated the flimsy shades at the B&B and flashed across a picture on the wall at the foot of the bed.
By Richard Seltzer3 years ago in Fiction
Meter Maid Marion
Bill had writer’s block. Day after day, he sat at his computer, opened up Word, and stared at a blank page on his screen, until his itchy mouse finger took him to Twitter where he could react to one question or witty observation after another, and forget his deadline.
By Richard Seltzer3 years ago in Fiction
The Bugle Boy
My Dad, Richard Seltzer, Sr., died on Saturday, June 14, 2014, Flag Day. He was 91. He had married my mother on the day before D-Day. He retired as a superintendent of schools, a colonel in the Army Reserves, and as a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). This memoir briefly traces his unique life path.
By Richard Seltzer3 years ago in Families
