Where You Are

By Randy Kraft

Is where you are the last stop or the next step?

These ten short stories explore the paths, and the inevitable detours, of later life - the loss and longing, unexpected passions

and unfinished business, setbacks and second chances, that pave the way from where we have been to where we might yet be.

A romantic resides with two brothers with big plans. Fifty years later, a first love defines a life. A marriage is put to the test when retirement plans go astray. A widow is aroused by a younger version of her husband. A scholar pens a blog to bemoan a failed romance. Lifelong secrets between old friends prove fatal. A long dead mother materializes as a bizarre vision. Revenge is the goal after a ghosted first date. At her husband's funeral, his wife reconsiders her marriage. A retiree forced to downsize faces outsider status among new neighbors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997379154
• ISBN13: 9780997379150
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Maple 57 Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 21 years and up