Historical Fiction
Early Next Morning. Outside Ben’s Office, 52 Wall Street, Financial District, Lower Manhattan Ben arrives on foot from Broad Street Station, early enough to beat the morning rush—he’s surprised to see a figure pacing outside his building. He’d been looking...
Historical Fiction
Tuesday Evening. Outside the Yorkville Casino, 210 East 86th Street, Manhattan, New York Ben spots the throng through the dusky light: pedestrians, wrapped in heavy overcoats and neck scarves against the chill, emanating a somber air. His breath catches when he...
Historical Fiction
48 Hours Earlier. Second Avenue, in Yorkville, Manhattan’s German American neighborhood. Blonda, a handsome German shepherd of noble bearing, pads into a shop bearing her master’s name: Max Kroeber, Master Jeweler. Beneath it, in formal German...
Historical Fiction
Ben Graham’s Office, 52 Wall Street, Financial District, Lower Manhattan Ben sits hunched over his desk, pencil moving across a slip of paper. At the top he has written American Smelting & Refining. Before him lie two open publications: the company’s annual...
Historical Fiction
Benjamin Graham turns toward the yawning doorway, and a blast of wintry air slaps him in the face. “Look what just sauntered in,” Ben’s friend Richard Goldberg hisses in his ear. Richard’s a lanky white man, a head taller than Ben, with ardent eyes and a storm of dark...
Historical Fiction
Welcome to The Graham Plan, a serialized historical thriller that weaves together fact and fiction against the backdrop of 1936 New York. I chose to anchor my story in this consequential year because its tensions and uncertainties resonate powerfully with our world...
