"Fly Away, Dad" (Part Four)

"Your father will bounce back. He’s a good man.”

Welcome to “Such Friends,” a new series on my Substack platform, Massé Musings (markhmasse.substack.com), featuring short stories from my recently completed collection. This week’s tale is “Fly Away, Dad,” set in metro N.Y. during the late 1960s. See what happens when a magical black bird changes the misfortunes of a teenage boy and his family. Hope you…