Charlene Wexler

Writings

Please visit Char’s blog to sample some of her writings. 

  • “A Day in the Life of a 1959 Teenager,” I Grew Up in South Shore, July 15, 2020.
  • “Driving Test,” Booksie.com, Jan. 3, 2020. 
  • “How Long Are Five Minutes?” AuthorsDen.com, Dec. 25, 2019. 
  • “Who Do I Fight With Most?” AuthorsDen.com, April 28, 2019. 
  • “The Tart,” Booksie.com, March 4, 2019. 
  • “Farewell to Twiggy,” Booksie.com, March 3, 2019. 
  • “The Temperature Games,” AuthorsDen, Feb. 17, 2019. 
  • “What to Do in the Doctor’s Waiting Room” AuthorsDen, Jan. 23, 2017. 
  • “The Family Building,” Short-Story.net, June 12, 2016. 
  • “A Night in An Inner City Hospital,” Short-Story.net, May 17, 2015. 
  • “A Letter to My Parents from a Woman Approaching Seventy,” The Write City Magazine, April 26, 2015. 
  • “Without A Phone!” Short-Stories.net, Nov. 2, 2014. 
  • “Lights, Camera, Catharsis,” Classic Short Stories, Nov. 2, 2014. 
  • “People Watching,” Make-Up Mouse, Oct. 6, 2014.
  • “There Is a Frog in my Pool,” Poetry.com, Sept. 2014.
  • “A Day in the Life of a Chicago Teenager, 1959,” Booksie.com, August 2014. 
  • “Help,” Moral Short Stories-Ethical Tales, July 2014.
  • “Apple Strudel,” How Old is Grandma? June 2014. 
  • “I Need A Book (I Really Do)” and “Your Voice Echoes in My Head,” Famous Poets of the Heartland: A Treasury of Beloved Family Poems, Talent, OR: Famous Poets Press, 2014. Published in book and recorded on CD.
  • “Tyrone is No More,” Cat Stories, March 2014. 
  • “Hilltop Winter,” The Best Short Stories, March 2014.
  • “Into the Woods,” Funny Cats Playing, January 2014.
  • “Battleground: Leftovers,” Short Stories for Women, April 2013. 
  • “Ode to Tyrone,” Cat Stories, March 2013. 
  • “Taking Nothing for Granted,” AuthorsDen.com, Feb. 3, 2013. 
  • “The Gates Are About to Close,” Funny Passport Stories, January 2013. 
  • “The Autograph Book,” Booksie.com, January 2013. 
  • “A Letter to My Parents From a Woman Approaching 70,” AuthorsDen.com, May 2012. 
  • “Cat-ching On,” Cats and Dogs at Play, February 2012.
  • “The Two Boys,” End Your Sleep Deprivation, August 2011. 
  • “Abracadabra Magic,” OneBrightStar.org, April 2011. 
  • “It Was on the Back Porch,” True Cat Stories, March 2011. 
  • “Charlie, the therapist,” WayCoolDogs.com, February 2011. 
  • “Violet’s Revenge,” Funny Cat Stories, February 2011. 
  • “The Cruel Club,” One Bright Star, 2011. 
  • “Boundaries,” AuthorsDen.com, May 23, 2010. 
  • “The Blind Date,” Laughter Is My Medicine, Dec. 4, 2009. 
  • “The Cell Phone Store,” Laughter Is My Medicine, Nov. 30, 2009. 
  • “Bottle of Wine,” by Charlene Wexler, Gazette, March 2, 2007.
  • Several stories by Charlene Wexler on the Laughter is My Medicine Website. 
  • “On the Road Again,” by Charlene Wexler, Vision Magazine, No. 41, 2005.
  • “Mah Jongg Mondays,” by Charlene Wexler, is on Scribd.com.