Algiers, an Audio Short Story by James Strauss
Sitting on a park bench in Santa Fe, contemplating what is worthwhile and remembering Algiers. Flashback to a childhood encounter with a Legionaire helps bring the recent past and today into perspective. Audio Version of Algiers by James Strauss. Enjoy Text Version...
Matchless, a Short Story by James Strauss
MATCHLESS Short Story By J. Strauss The old bike wasn’t much, certainly nothing that any islander would buy. Kam counseled with his dad about getting a new Harley, but the old man was no help. “Sell the damn thing to one of those dumb Haole’s down at the base,” was all he said. Without selling the Matchless Kam couldn’t make the down payment on the Sportster. It would take him another year of waiting tables at the Royal...
About Me
James Strauss was born into a Coast Guard family during WWII. He’s lived in four countries and twenty-seven states, in places from South Manitou Island in Michigan to Honolulu, Hawaii.
He’s held a variety of positions in many careers, from being a Marine Corps Officer wounded in Vietnam, a college professor in anthropology, a CIA team leader in the field and more recently as a screenwriter and novelist, along with publishing a Lake Geneva, Wisconsin newspaper.
James has published three novels; The Boy, The Bering Sea and The Warrior.