Fiction

Journeys

Evergreen Follies
by Elinor Gale
a comedy of errors in which a man surprises his girlfriend with a campout in the woods, after she happily anticipated a trip to a cozy B&B surrounded by flower gardens​
The Flow
by Jane Bell Goldstein
a retired empty-nester retraces her past—from an LSD trip through vivid episodes with family, hummingbirds and ravens—to find her way to live in the present
The Dream within the Dream
by Charlene Anderson
a disquieting story in which a man wakes up in a dream and, in his ensuing struggle to really wake up, discovers he has been asleep his whole life​
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More Fiction

Magical Mexican Mariscos
by Juanita Callejas
on a rollicking road trip to Mexico, an excess of obstinance [or is it hubris?] turns into a near-nightmare for one traveler
🌉 Across the Room
by Bill Carpenter
a man spots a former love across the room in a crowded San Francisco bar and reflects on the vacuum her loss has caused him “that nothing can fill”​
Men
by Rufus Browning
a touching character sketch of a harried mother who dreams of becoming an artist, then moves from exasperation to a new understanding of her youngest child​
The Bully
by Rodney J. Shapiro
a boy who has “always been two Me’s,” one shy, the other “bubbling with. . . rage,” must reconcile those “Me’s” when confronted by a bully​
Swimming with Deep Blue
by Elsa Fernandez
a dream-like story of a spiritual woman who swims with a legendary great white shark, a marvel of the ocean at 21 feet long and 5,500 tons; or does she? ​
Androcles and the Lion:
The True Story
by Don Plansky
Aesop’s famous fable, wackily retold, brimming with unexpected twists and turns, and ending with a new moral​
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🌉 BAY AREA STEW SELECTION - A TASTE OF LIFE IN THE BAY AREA
Click or tap for an index of Bay Area Stew selections and Bay Area Modes of Transportation theme photography

​The Vistas & Byways Review is the semiannual journal of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual arts by members of OLLI at SF State.
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