Have a NYC 3: New York Short Stories

''What do we human beings have if we don't have each other?''

''The Big Apple'', ‘‘The City That Never Sleeps'‘...There are certain cities in our world whose very name creates images in our minds, even though we may have never visited them. New York is certainly one of them. Its beauty and attraction lies in its rich diversity. In people, in cultures, in languages and beliefs. The stories in this striking collection celebrate variety and depict the comfortingly similar ways in which every human being expresses sorrow, joy, hope and despair.

''Out With The Trash'' by Kat Georges: A story about wise gnomes and a despicable woman who treats books like garbage. Set in West Village.

''Memory The Next by Benny Finberg: A moving story about a world that changes beyond all recognition.

''Lustrum at the Flushing RKO'' by Kirpal Gordon: A lovely tale about the joyous, rebellious Irish nature and the narrow-mindedness and oppression of the Church and the religious ‘‘schools''. Set in 1966.

''Namor'' by J.Anthony Roman: A strange story about a graphic designer from Bronx.

''The Cleaning Lady'' by Gil Fagiani: The lively notes of mambo and cha-cha cannot conceal the deep sadness of this story.Again, set in Bronx.

''Hook'' by Ron Kolm: An East Village bookstore becomes the target of nightly escapades.

''Upper West to Lower East'' by Michael Gatlin: This haunting Manhattan story contains a stunning description of the abandoned, silent playground during nighttime.

''Imitations of Christ'‘ by Peter Marra: A dark tale, raw and tragic.

''Compassion'' by Joanie Hieger Fritz Zasike: A story about hope and the kindness of strangers.

''A Park Bench For Two'' by Paul Sohar: In Central Park, two men engage in a weird conversation, the kind Beckett might have written if he had been a ‘‘Millenial'' playwright from New York.

''War, Sex, Money'' by Nina Zivancevic: A young woman desires to go against the rules and common ‘‘ethics'' of our modern world.

''A Clown A Day'' by Angela Sloan: There are a few weird clowns walking in New York...

''The Real North Eighth Street Romance'' by Richard Vetere: A disappointing romance and a naive young man who's fooled by external beauty.

''Dangerous Girl'' by Liz Axelrod: Travelling back in the 80s and the last days of disco. And Girl Power!

''Missing Daughter'' by Ghera Thompson: A worrying mum with an overwhelming imagination.

''A Moment of Wrong Thinking'' by Lawrence Block: A New York mystery story.

The stories are not fairy tales. They are urban to the core, raw, dirty, gritty and so, so real. They are the products of the greatest metropolis of our world. Where people so different and yet so alike come to live together, to love and lose, to cope with reality...