Upstate Tales

This is a collection of short stories centered in upstate New York, hence the title Upstate Tales. But the stories reflect universal human experience, invoking family, friends, lovers, history, and geography. While the author focuses upon upstate New York, the writing will resonate with readers everywhere who have the gift of introspection and reflection.

Albert J Millus Jr. graduated from the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 1978. Afterwards, he graduated from Cornell Law School in 1982. After clerking for a federal judge in Roanoke, Virginia, for a year, he returned to Binghamton in 1983, got married, and practiced law for over 40 years. Along the way, he lost his wife and his daughter. But he never stopped writing. His main influences are Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and Kerouac.