For the past couple of years, I’ve been working on a series of connected short stories concerning the expat crowd in Paris in the mid-twenties. It’s been a labor of love requiring lots of research and background reading. I’ve also been sending them out and I’m excited that the first one has just been published on CommuterLit.com.
The above image is taken from the full map, shown below. Each story will have its own map showing the points of interest from the story. This first one concerns friends Ezra Pound and Ernest Hemingway around the time Ezra’s wife Dorothy Shakespear-Pound gave birth to a baby boy, Omar. This is also about the time when Ezra started to go a little nuts–read the story for more details.
Part One – published Monday, 8th December
Part Two – published Tuesday, 9th December
The Paris short stories will eventually be collected under the working title Lost Paris as a completed manuscript. Until that time, I hope to find homes for each one in literary magazines and fiction websites such as this one. Special thanks to Nancy Kay Clark, editor of CommuterLit, for her support of my work.
Mark Victor Young 
That got my attention straight away… I lived in the banlieu for years and spent all my off duty time in Paris.
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Wow, jealous! I have been to Paris only twice for a week each time. The city holds a special place in my heart, as both trips were the occasion of a wedding decaversary.
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I was lucky enough to go and work there many years ago..and spent most of my time around Montmartre and the artists square. Eventually I met a French musician in Corsica and we ended up in Vichy for several years.
Paris was probably the most vivid time of my life… I love the place and have walked almost every inch of it over the years. I feel incredibly lucky to have had that.
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You are! Sounds like a source of many great stories. 🙂
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Ah the tales I could tell…;)
I have in places on the blog, and one day I may write them…
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