“Upon release from the Army, Vernon was assigned to work as a custodian. The quiet ex-sniper with ivory skin and translucent, mint green eyes kept writing to Matias, the decorated solider with whom he had a love affair. Matias never replied.
“Vernon mopped the floor of a bar on downtown’s outer edge where a raucous band played twice a wee…
“Elegy for an Ice Breaker” is in production. This is the next story I’ll read aloud for the story podcast. shortstoriesbyscottholl….
Here, I encourage audiences to watch Drew Barrymore, Lukas Haas, Jeff Bridges, Farrah Fawcett, Alice Krige, Theodore Bikel and Macaulay Culkin in a layered and romantic 1989 movie about love, lightness and optimism.
I think so, Jim. While it’s not in a league with “Casablanca” and the greatest romantic movies, it’s worth watching for the reasons I wrote.