THIS BOOK OF SHORT STORES WILL KEEP YOU READING. THEY ARE DARK, STARTLING, IRONIC, SARDONIC, AND POLITICALLY INCORRECT. Jerry Minkow (1926-2016) was a native New Yorker who lived in New York and Connecticut. After many years in advertising, he became V.P./Creative Director for a major American corporation and continued that work until retirement, writing all the while. In addition to short fiction, he has written novels, plays and poetry.