Trajectories: The Collected Works of Patrick H. Donahue

by Patrick H. Donahue

What we do with what we have makes us who we are. The characters in these stories carry out the trajectories of their own lives, in their own way, as they see it. Some like Fang, in “El Gringo Feo,” discover that love really does conquer all, and find redemption. Others like the Lieutenant, in “It Don’t Mean Nothin,” do not share this experience, even though his story offers a window into the seldom discussed daily life of combat infantrymen in Vietnam. Sometimes outcomes are what we hoped for but often end up with unanticipated consequences, like Needles finds in “A Very Special Tree.” We all have our triumphs, like Mimzy in “Mimzy Finds A Home.” And our “817.” Is what we see of life all there is? Or maybe there are other trajectories, even a parallel universe, as explored in “Enanthiomorphysis.”A former Viet Nam Marine, English teacher in Peru, engineer in the aircraft industry, and public interest lawyer, the author’s collected writings of short stories, poems, and song illustrate many trajectories well-lived.

166 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 11, 2021