Berlin Blues; and other stories

By Horst Woyde

Berlin Blues is a collection of short stories set in various places and times. The topic of Berlin Blues (the story) is about two brothers separated during the Cold War by the Berlin Wall, who after Germany's reunification, meet again at what was once Checkpoint Charlie. There is the story about an Iraq veteran who lost his best buddy to a roadside bomb in Baghdad. Another story tells about the moral temptation and anguish two teen lovers suffer while drifting in a powerless sailboat during a storm in the Great Lakes. One Sabbath in Jerusalem is about an American tourist facing the strict Jewish Sabbath restrictions. In A Saboteur of Sorts, a Colombian-American faces the moral dilemma of eradicating in the Amazon Jungle illegal marijuana plantations that are the sole means of survival for poor farmers. Then there is the depression-ridden refugee who travels through time to revisit the places of his childhood in Nazi Germany. In A Tale of one City, a boy, who is suffering the loss of his father, questions his grandpa about why his dad and uncles had to die in so many foreign wars. In A Summit in Heaven, God, in a lighter mood than usual, calls for a meeting and admonishes his past and present earthly lieutenants for their failures. Finally, a true story about a victim of the Jewish uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto, who in his desperation, decides to write a letter to God.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1482743752
• ISBN13: 9781482743753
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"