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The Old Men
Written by John Isaac Jones
Narrated by Michael T. Downey
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For years, the old men had been hanging around the country grocery store whiling away their days playing checkers and dominoes and talking about politics, women, drinking and life experiences.
All that time, the store owner readily approved their presence in the store and went on about his business as if they were not there.
Then, one fateful morning in 1956, a new owner bought the business who was not quite as tolerant.
The narrator of this story, an unnamed thirteen-year-old, was the son of the new owner and explains how his father dealt with the old men.
Author
John Isaac Jones
John Isaac Jones is a retired journalist currently living at Merritt Island, Florida. For more than thirty years, "John I.," as he prefers to be called, was a reporter for media outlets throughout the world. These included local newspapers in his native Alabama, The National Enquirer, News of the World in London, the Sydney Morning Herald, and NBC television. He is the author of five novels, a short story collection and two novellas.
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Reviews for The Old Men
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nice short story— I liked the style and pace, would enjoy more of the same
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good story, short but interesting. Would have like if heard more.