Author: Howard Lachtman

Howard Lachtman

Forgiveness

Short Fiction 1. To those who didn’t know them well, or well enough, the Marstons seemed an ideal couple, an enviable couple who had it

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Howard Lachtman

Deadline at the Delta Daily

Crime took a holiday that sultry summer day, leaving our FPE (front page editor) irritated and exasperated because his idea of worthwhile breaking newshad nothing to do with

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Howard Lachtman

An Evening of Ten-Minute Plays

Stockton Civic Theater Play Review Some readers prefer the brevity and clarity of short stories to novels. The same is true of theatergoers with an

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Howard Lachtman

One of the Lucky Ones

          One of the Lucky Ones Or so they saidwhen I returned to their praisesand thanks for my service, gratified their prayers

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Howard Lachtman

Incident at the Cafe de Montmarte, Paris

It began with feverish whisperingsI could not help overhearingfrom the stylishly fashionableand seemingly civilized couple at the next table, reminding one another more and more aggressivelywhere

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