A Face in the Moon (Paperback or Softback)

The narrator of A FACE IN THE MOON, Jack Lohman, is an inexperienced twenty-two-year old, who was recently dumped by his first real girlfriend, and is soon to leave graduate school for who knows what. Enter Loni, a bright-eyed, free-spirited seventeen-year old who has had more than her share of experience. From the moment Jack meets Loni, his life begins to change. She teaches him how to laugh, and makes him feel, for perhaps the first time in his life, that he can be loved without judgment. Yet, ironically, it is Loni's harsh self-evaluation that paralyzes her at times, turning this carefree, uninhibited soul into a listless young woman who laments the days when life used to be more fun.  A FACE IN THE MOON is a story about two young lovers struggling to find each other and their ways in the world. And when a series of events keeps them apart longer than expected it becomes the story of whether their new love can survive the pressures of such separation.
 

In addition to A FACE IN THE MOON, Mitchell Waldman is the author of the short story collections, BROTHERS, FATHERS, AND OTHER STRANGERS (2021, Adelaide Books) and PETTY OFFENSES AND CRIMES OF THE HEART (Wind Publications, August 15, 2011, reprinted by Blue Lake Review, 2019).

His stories, poetry, articles, and essays have appeared in numerous publications, including, among others, The Faircloth Review, The Battered Suitcase, Foliate Oak, Waterhouse Review, Eunonia Review, The Brooklyn Voice, The Big Stupid Review, The Houston Review, Milk Sugar, The Legendary, Litsnack, Connotation Press, Red Fez, Wind Magazine, Wilderness House Literary Review, Eclectic Flash, eFiction Magazine, Poetpourri, Mobius, The Hazmat Review, Poetry Motel, The Advocate, Desperate Act, The Rochester Times-Union, and in the anthologies, BEYOND LAMENT: POETS OF THE WORLD BEARING WITNESS TO THE HOLOCAUST (Northwestern University Press, 1998), AMERICA REMEMBERED (Virgogray Press, 2010), MESSAGES FROM THE UNIVERSE (iUniverse, 2002), LOOKING BEYOND (Scars Publications, 2011), PROMINENT PEN (Scars Publications, 2011), and GREEN (MLM, 2010).

Waldman is also the Fiction Editor for Blue Lake Review (bluelakereview.weebly.com), and was co-editor (with Diana L. May) of the anthologies WOUNDS OF WAR: POETS FOR PEACE (PublishAmerica, 2006), and HIP POETRY 2012 (Wind Publications, 2012).

His book reviews have appeared at Scribes World and Midwest Book Review.

Waldman has worked in the legal publishing field for over 35 years.

Mitchell lives in Rochester, New York, with his wife, Diana May-Waldman, author of the poetry collection, A WOMAN'S SONG.

For more information on Mitchell's and Diana's books and writings, see their web page at: mitchwaldman.homestead.com