Lee Conrad
@leevet1949.bsky.social
IBM employee, retired union activist and writer of short stories and novelettes, many take place from 1917 to 1950 and the Spanish Civil War. Web site https://leefrederickconrad.wordpress.com/
This is a story I wrote a while back. I have added quite a bit to it and it is now a 22,000 word novella.
It's 1939 in Parlor City in upstate New York and private investigator Mike Brady finds the rumblings in Europe are causing problems in his city. leefrederickconrad.wordpress.com/undertow/
It's 1939 in Parlor City in upstate New York and private investigator Mike Brady finds the rumblings in Europe are causing problems in his city. leefrederickconrad.wordpress.com/undertow/
Undertow
It was a hot, bright, muggy morning but a darkness had settled over my city. I could feel it. It had nagged at me in my dreams all night until dawn released me from its clutch. I got dressed, drank…
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December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is a story I wrote a while back. I have added quite a bit to it and it is now a 22,000 word novella.
It's 1939 in Parlor City in upstate New York and private investigator Mike Brady finds the rumblings in Europe are causing problems in his city. leefrederickconrad.wordpress.com/undertow/
It's 1939 in Parlor City in upstate New York and private investigator Mike Brady finds the rumblings in Europe are causing problems in his city. leefrederickconrad.wordpress.com/undertow/
A very short story and a warning: leefrederickconrad.wordpress.com/an-american-...
An American Mourning
It was the noise of people shouting and overhead lights turning on that woke me. So used to the soft glow of a rising sun in the morning I had to adjust from my fitful sleep to remember where I was…
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April 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
A very short story and a warning: leefrederickconrad.wordpress.com/an-american-...
Where is the national organization to bring all the resistance groups together? Where is our statement of resistance/statement of principles? Now that Trump calls himself King I would think this would rachet up things a bit. Organize-Resist-Fight!
February 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Where is the national organization to bring all the resistance groups together? Where is our statement of resistance/statement of principles? Now that Trump calls himself King I would think this would rachet up things a bit. Organize-Resist-Fight!
New short story set in 1936 Lisbon. leefrederickconrad.wordpress.com/escape-from-...
Escape from Lisbon
Luis Martinez entered the bookstore on the Rua do Salitre a few blocks away from the Spanish Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal, the city of seven hills. He looked out the store window to see if he was st…
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December 8, 2024 at 2:03 AM
New short story set in 1936 Lisbon. leefrederickconrad.wordpress.com/escape-from-...