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    Are You Him?: After Dinner Conversation, #8
    Are You Him?: After Dinner Conversation, #8
    Are You Him?: After Dinner Conversation, #8
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    Are You Him?: After Dinner Conversation, #8

    By John Sheirer

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    Synopsis: A man on his way to work finds a young woman in need of a friend.

    After Dinner Conversation is a growing series of short stories across genres to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family. Each story is an accessible example of an abstract ethical or philosophical idea and is accompanied by suggested discussion questions.

    Podcast discussion of this short story, and others, is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Youtube.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAfter Dinner Conversation
    Release dateOct 9, 2019
    ISBN9781393416906
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      Are You Him? - John Sheirer

      Are You Him?

      After Dinner Conversation Series

      ARTHUR HAD JUST PICKED up his coffee a few minutes before seven—one cream, no sugar—a pleasing medium brown one shade lighter than his own skin. He was a regular at the local coffee shop, stopping nearly every morning on his way to work at the bank. He usually didn’t look down the side streets as he walked through the mid-sized city, preferring to look ahead, but something drew his attention this morning—a small sound he couldn’t identify—so he glanced to his right. Arthur saw a young woman sitting on a three-step stoop halfway down the street. The movement of her hands to her face drew his uneasy attention. Something about the situation didn’t seem right, so Arthur stopped, turned, and looked directly at young woman.

      She slumped slightly but wasn’t slouching. Her hair, medium length, medium brown, a bit messy, hid most of her profile, but Arthur could tell right away that she was young. Definitely older than Katie, his sixteen-year-old daughter, but not by much. Her jeans and sweatshirt had that youthful, worn look so popular these days. And the clothes would shield her from the late September morning chill until the temperature climbed back near summer heat by early afternoon. Her shoulders dipped and rose slightly, and then

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