Author Stephen L. Wilson is pleased to announce the release of Angels Cried, an anthology of short prose and poetry.
In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, authors and artists joined together, so that their expressions of emotion could be put to good use. Forty authors and artists worked together to create the anthology ‘Angels Cried’. This inspiring collection is an anthology of a variety of works donated by people from around the world who wanted to take action to help the victims and families. The collection is a message to all that through tragedy people can be united, and good things can come as a result.
All proceeds from the sales of this book go to charity.
Angels Cried was published 12/25/2012. It’s available through Smashwords, Amazon.com, and Barnes and Noble.
Here is an excerpt from Angels Cried…
For Christmas, I Made My Mother Cry
Guy Anthony De Marco – Midwestern USA
When I was six years old, my brother and I were trying to figure out what we were going to get for our mother for Christmas. I had already made a crude bookmark out of yarn, but it wasn’t good enough. We thought about it for days. Christmas was fast approaching, and we were lost for finding that “perfect” gift.
I came up with the notion that we could buy her something. My brother had a whopping five dollars, which was only five dollars more than I had. I had to find money somehow, but people were not hiring six-year-olds in Queens back then. I struck upon the idea of collecting Coca Cola bottles and returning them for a nickel each. I hit up every neighbor for their bottles, and when I told them what I was doing it for, they gave me all they had. One nice elderly woman paid me a whole dollar to “help her out by taking those nasty old bottles off of her back porch”.
I made a little over seven dollars this way. This was more money than I had ever had.
On December 23rd, my brother and I went to Central Avenue in Far Rockaway, years before it became a ghetto. We walked up and down the street window shopping, occasionally getting in some ideas for ourselves at the toy shop. We spent over two hours wandering, when we came upon a jewelry store. Not just any jewelry store, but one of the better ones in the area. I was convinced Mom would love some jewelry!
We went in and started looking at the diamonds. The saleswoman eyed us for a bit, and went in the back to get the owner. He was a kindly old gent, and he treated us like important customers.
“What can I get you two gentlemen this afternoon,” he asked with a smile.
“We’re looking to buy our Mommy some jewelry for Christmas,” I replied. This was fun!
“Hmmm,” he mumbled. “What price range are you looking at?”
I pulled the dollar bill and a few handfuls of nickels out of my pocket. My brother pulled out his fiver.
“Wow, that is a lot of money,” he said with a twinkle in his eye. The saleswoman and the two older ladies she was helping had stopped their transaction, and they were watching us. The owner poked through my nickels. “I may have just the thing for you two gentlemen. Please wait here while I go to the vault.”
My brother and I started grinning. We were going to buy our Mom some expensive jewelry. We felt so grown up.
The owner came back with two items. One was a pin with a bunch of red stones, and the other item was a green and gold bracelet. Being only six, I picked up the red “ruby-encrusted” treasure in awe. I was sure Mom would love it. My brother loved the bracelet.
“How much, Sir?” I asked.
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