Original drawing by Ismael Carrillo for The Optimist by Joram Piatigorsky

How Optimistic Are You?

Joram is featured in Adelaide Publishing's 2020 Anthology of Short Stories
Meet Mr. Mellows. His a man of great success, strong opinions and bold decisions. But who is he really? A young reporter sets out to find out the answer with a surprising result.

I hope you enjoy reading “The Optimist“, which recently won the Adelaide Literary Award for best short story. The story appears in The Open Door and Other Tales of Love and Yearning, my first collection of short stories.

— Joram