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“Why Not?”
A Collection of
ShORT Stories
by George Robb
Prologue
“Honey, do you remember that morning in Madrid when I was so critical of
those two young boys making love in the park across the street from our hotel?
Well, I’ve learned a lot since then.” She looks at me searchingly
and takes my hand. “I want you to do me a favor, Sweetheart. You love to
write.” She hesitates and struggles for breath. “Do this for me.
Write about the gay men and women in this world... what they go through, how
they live and how they cope. Write about how and why they become homosexual.
Write about the different types of gay men and women. Make... make it...” She
gasps for air. “Make it in the form of an anthology of short stories.”
I
nod sadly and promise to do what she asks.
“And Honey, don’t name it “Why?” Call it...“Why
Not?”
(Quotation from “Autobiography” shortly
before the death in 1981 of my beloved wife, Gabriela)
Short Stories
1 - “FINGERS” (A young, famous, Russian piano virtuoso
is deceived by a gay admirer)
2 - “VOW OF
SILENCE” (Following the loss of his job and
the suicide of his roommate, he
decides to join a monastery in Germany)
3 - “PRETTY BOY” (A
parody of the screen play, “Pretty Woman”)
4 - “SWEET TALK” (Showcases a wide
variety of gay personalities with a surprise
ending)
5 - “A MATTER
OF
LIFE AND
DEATH” (An
elderly woman is wooed for her
money by a
young, gay gigolo)
6 - “MOUNT HOPE” (Two gay young men
meet at a restaurant counter...one
a worker at a
funeral home, the other an orderly at a nursing home)
7 - “GOOD
FOR THE
SOUL” (A
young man “comes out” with
his Jewish lover at a Christmas
dinner with his large, Catholic family)
8 - “FLIGHT
900" (A life-changing decision
is made by a monk returning
to the monastery in
Germany after chatting with a fellow traveler)
9 - “ONE YEAR LATER” (An up-date on
several of the principal characters
involved in the
above short stories)
Including..
"Better than One" A spine-chilling tale
Autobiography, along with a lifetime of family photographs
Music CD, an exciting companion CD, George Robb's Americana - varied original music from the 1940's to the present
(c) George Robb.