Brooklyn Encounters

By Jon Simonds

Brooklyn Encounters is a gritty collection of short stories. You're sure to laugh at life, question your own and gaze in awe at the twists and turns many of us really have no control over.He stares at her. He would like someone to help him live and in a sense, he wasn't really going to die. He once saw himself as a whole person, but now he knows he is just a host for a whole bunch of parts. His kidneys were kidneys. They had a job to do. Their purpose in life was to remove waste from the blood and regulate water fluid levels. They were like the department of sanitation with a part time gig as the water meter reader. They didn't give a rat's ass about him. They didn't even know him. He was merely their host, their Holiday Inn. He imagined it was the same with his heart and his brain and his teeth and his dick, God rest it's soul. That poor bastard died years ago. All these little important parts could live on in another host."You see, Frank. I'm a good detective. I've been telling everyone in the squad room for years, there is a heart hidden in there somewhere. I've been arguing about a sliver of humanity existing inside that thick skin of yours. I was just telling...You could say the two of them were stepping into uncharted waters, walking into unknown lands but the fact of the matter is these two are nomads. They have no home, no safety. They have no real sense of security. They have lived like this for the better part of the last three years. Two victims of the elements, soaked by rain, frozen in the winter and disgusted with each other's sweat glands as the reek of summer sifts up from street corner grates to mix with the putrid smell of bodily cologne...Jon Simonds Basically Brooklyn column is a regular feature of The NEWSUN. He has appeared in New York Newsday, The Brooklyn Spectator, The Bangor Daily News, The Bradenton Herald and numerous other publications. He loves, reading - writing his children and his I-pod. You can reach him at: jonsimonds@yahoo.com.Take a ride through Brooklyn.And, uh - Watch the closing doors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520360398
• ISBN13: 9781520360393
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"