Tales from the Bronx Short Stories

These stories are an attempt to express and give voice to those in our society who are not heard or understood: young people struggling, criminals on the prowl, and educators trying to teach and work in the Public School system. It is a book of pictures and images—only in words. Some stories slip into fantasy, but just for a moment. These stories are about hustlers trying to get paid, teachers trying to teach, and people trying to get where they are going; getting there however they can, doing what they have to do to get there.

Joshua D. Reaser graduated from Stetson University in 2004. He then enlisted in the Marine Corps, where he served two tours in Okinawa and one in Iraq between 2004-2008. Joshua then separated from the Marines and moved to the Bronx, where he became a teacher for the Department of Education. He still lives and teaches in the Bronx. He writes for fun, pleasure, and sometimes for his creative writing students. He believes that reading and writing should be enjoyable, and does everything in his power to steer policy away from what he considers to be the foolishness of standardized testing.