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Elliot Wilner

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2022

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When the Humor was Done and Gone

Submitted to Contest #309

Elliot Wilner is a retired neurologist, living in Bethesda, MD. In retirement, he has enjoyed, with his wife’s indulgence, a long-deferred dalliance with creative writing. He can be reached at 301-320-2478 or ecwilner@verizon.net When the Humor Was Done and Gone: A Memoir2633 words The brie and the hummus, with an assortment of crackers, were already arranged on the coffee table, flanked by a couple of bottles of Chianti. Looking out my living room window, I see two cars coming up the driveway, and then I spot two more cars that have just cr...

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When the Humor was Done and Gone

Elliot Wilner is a retired neurologist, living in Bethesda, MD. In retirement, he has enjoyed, with his wife’s indulgence, a long-deferred dalliance with creative writing. He can be reached at 301-320-2478 or ecwilner@verizon.net When the Humor Was Done and Gone: A Memoir2633 words The brie and the humus, with an assortment of crackers, were already arranged on the coffee table, flanked by a couple of bottles of Chianti. Looking out my living room window, I see two cars coming up the driveway, and then I spot two more cars that have just c...

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Anton Dvorak: Beloved Composer and Matchmaker

ANTON DVORAK: BELOVED COMPOSER and MATCHMAKER 2156 words  Elliot Wilner ecwilner@verizon.net Dozens of young adults, most of them Scandinavian tourists, were happily chattering in the lobby of Eilat’s Hotel Snapir soon after sunset, after having spent another toasty day on the beach. The lobby was uncomfortably warm, maybe due to the heat that radiated from the tourists’ sunburned skins. Passing through the lobby, I opened the French doors at an exit that gave access to the hotel’s veranda, where I looked about for a vacant chair...

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Trekking Up the Great White Way

Trekking Up the Great White Way 2998 words                                                    ****************************** A telephone rang and kept ringing. Where was that telephone? I opened my eyes, looked to my right and saw a telephone a few feet away, resting on a night...

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Viva Jose Andres

                                  VIVA JOSE ANDRES                                              1,233 words      &nbs...

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