By: Don Tassone

“So what do you do?” she said.

“I write books,” he said.

“What kind of books?”

“The kind that nobody buys, filled with stories that nobody reads.”

“So why do you write?”

“Because writing brings me joy.”

She looked puzzled. Joy — when nobody cares about your work?

“I see,” she said, hoping she might one day know that kind of joy.

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Don Tassone is the author of two novels, one novella, 11 short story collections and one children’s book.  He lives in Loveland, Ohio.