I am American, orginally from New York, and have lived in Florence, Italy for the past 30+ years, mainly teaching English language and literature at Florence University. I`ve just completed a novel trilogy entitled "Life on Other Planets," which can be labelled "autobiographical fiction." My short story submission "Meat for the Winter" is drawn from the first novel, "Mars."
The story takes place in the Bronx, New York in 1959 and is about two teenage friends, Jimmy and Freddy, at the ambivalent crossroads of their imminent adult lives.
Meat for the Winter by
Macheath
Word Count: 7279 