I have just posted "Floria". This will probably my last story posted here and elsewhere. I had posted four other stories that were taken from well known operas. They were "The Queen of the Night", "Anita", "Discovery", and "Mike and Ashley." They had happy endings but I had to do some significant finagling in two of them to make them end up that way' It wasn't going to happen with "Floria".

I struggled with Floria for at least three or for years without putting pen to paper. It finally began to come together just a couple of months ago. Like many operas. there is love, murder, tragedy, and suicide. I couldn't change the story, couldn't write it any other way. If the subject matter bothers you don't red it. None of the violence is related to being transgender. There are just some real bad people.

I am now totally retired, and like many of you am pretty much restricted to home. Maryanne Peters is lucky. She's in New Zealand. My last few stories have reflected some of the issues I have with current world situations. Some of the characters in this story resemble real people, and I didn't have to change a thing.