An excerpt from If These Streets Could Talk

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Johnny
By Judy Taylor

A black and white picture through a tenement window

Johnny straddles a kitchen chair
A pack of Marlboros rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve
His saxophone rests on one side of the table                                                     
                                                                                    while
A spoon and eyedropper lie on the other

From that moment I knew he was doomed

New!! If These Streets Could Talk --- our anthology of writing from the first few years of our workshops. Cost is $15, plus 2.50 S&H. Pre-order now and be the first on your block to have it!   Read Excerpts: Pretty by Cindy Lei, Age 7 Night Sweeps by Ann Quintano Johnny by Judy Taylor Dead Rat Hamburgers by Tiffany Wong, Age 8   *** If These Streets Could Talk: Fiction & Poetry from NY Writers Coalition $15.00, Anthology/Fiction/Poetry, paperback, 5.5” x 7.5”, 178 pp.; 0-9787794-0-1 Published by NY Writers Coalition Press.  Available at local bookstores and at www.nywriterscoalition.org.  Available to the trade through Consortium and other major wholesalers (Ingram, Baker & Taylor, etc.) *** All media inquiries contact Aaron Zimmerman at NY Writers Coalition, (718) 398-2883 or aaron@nywriterscoalition.org