Dreams & Other True Tales

Someone once asked me if I ever wrote fictions. "No," I replied. "I have too many stories from my own life to write about. They're so bizarre I have no need to dream up imaginary plots!" Most of the stories in this collection are personal observations, episodes and vignettes from my own travels in Turkey, Poland, the U.S., Germany and China. Other are stories from my mother, my father, my nephew Serdar in Izmir, cousin Betty in Littlehampton, cousin Anni Winkelmann Hecht in Berlin, and friend Gudrum Middell in Leipzig. The collection also includes two short stories from my brother Michael and niece Karen in Japan. My children and family have enjoyed hearing these stories so dear to my heart. In their telling, I relive long ago experiences and refresh the views from the windows of memory. May they bring you new glimpses of the human spirit as well.