The First Time: Five Short Stories
Alexander GoodmanEMOTIONALLY SHATTERING ! ! !
Twelve-year-old Jimmy disobeys his mother by going swimming alone. He meets, is photographed and seduced by a handsome young Negro. A moving story of the inner turmoil of a young boy just discovering sex.
Our friend has picked up a tough-looking masculine type whose very sight made him shiver with anticipation. Surprise! Surprise! Soon he is shivering but for very different reasons.
Our handsome 35-year-old art director has a life filled with pretty boys and handsome young men—in fact, he has an ideal life except for the single unpleasant face that he doodles on scratch pads and then one day becomes a reality.
Cleopatra Catherine Victoria Troy, Queen of the World, is holding court and we see her parade of young lovers—and recall her beautiful young stepfather, Larkie, until the panorama comes to an abrupt and surprising ending.
Our handsome, sporty young hero is just like a character out of an Alexander Goodman story. In fact, he is just that and the story will involve the reader just as strongly as it did its principal character.