J. Alexander Cohen

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Old Fiction – “Jentner’s Tunic”

Posted on January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 by jalexandercohen

This one’s from 1998. I am grateful to my old friend Josef C. for finding it. In a way, this story makes me very sad for the person I was when I wrote it. I’m also glad my writing’s improved substantially since then.      “No”, said Jentner, “I won’t do it.”      His mother laughed…

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Old Fiction – “The Sixth Jewel”

Posted on August 8, 2023January 4, 2024 by jalexandercohen

An incomplete story from 1998. Based on a dream I had. I woke up, wrote it down…and then was interrupted by a person from Porlock.      Once upon a time, there was a glittering city of jewels that shone and banners that waved gloriously in the breeze, a city of happy, content people who knew…

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Bear Fiction – “Crab Nebulous”

Posted on August 8, 2023January 4, 2024 by jalexandercohen

This pastiche of Sex And the City is from decades ago…thus the iBook. Still as true today as it ever was. Contains mature content! Okay, so the four of us were sitting at our favorite café, and at least one of us was itching. Wait, I’m getting ahead of myself here. You have to know…

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