Crocus Albiflorus & other short stories.

Abstract

Crocus Albiflorus and Other Stories is a collection of 10 literary realism short stories. The collection is set in a broad scape of countries throughout the world, but all stories share the commonality of basic humanistic instinct, passion and flaws. Beginning in the Russian occupied zone of Vienna directly post WWII, the collection follows the theme of a post-war setting before making its way back to the United States with similar threads of conflict spawned by multiculturalism. While the situational settings have been largely inspired by conflicts faced by my direct family members in various countries, eras, and political and social climate, the characters' struggles are universal, ranging from the testing of individual's morals to the longing to find a significant other or passion in life to the conflict spawning from the false belief that certain people are more superior than others based on nationality, race or beliefs.