Norma Von Deck, a Columbia graduate, is a former book publicist and promotion specialist for New York publishers Random House, Stein and Day, among others. Her short-stories have a...view moreNorma Von Deck, a Columbia graduate, is a former book publicist and promotion specialist for New York publishers Random House, Stein and Day, among others. Her short-stories have appeared in good literary magazines that, sadly, are no longer in print; a few of these stories are included here. Although Norma is a resident of Delray Beach, Florida, her characters live in the northern, mostly northeast, parts of our country.view less