Excerpt from Reimagining The Twilight Zone: A Young Fan’s Stories (a slightly edited version of “Then and Now”) © Elayne Zalis, 2021 As a child in the late fifties and early sixties, I learn to suspend my disbelief when I watch The Twilight Zone. I don’t always know what is…

Excerpt from Curated Memories: A Boomer’s Personal Retrospective, © Elayne Zalis, 2023 Jackie Kennedy captures the spotlight when she conducts a televised tour of the White House on February 14, 1962.[1] A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy is a valentine to viewers across the country…

Excerpt from Reimagining The Twilight Zone: A Young Fan’s Stories (an edited version of “Beyond Our World”) © Elayne Zalis, 2021 “Abbey’s Adventures in Parallel Wonders” was inspired by “Little Girl Lost,” an episode of The Twilight Zone that premiered March 16, 1962. I was nine years old — three…

Excerpt from Reimagining The Twilight Zone: A Young Fan’s Stories (a slightly edited version of “Shared Memory Banks,” in epilogue) © Elayne Zalis, 2021 Combining fact, fiction, and fantasy, I share glimpses into the personal stories I’ve preserved for safekeeping.[*] Diaries and letters enrich my repertoire. For example, I write…

Excerpt from Reimagining The Twilight Zone: A Young Fan’s Stories (a slightly edited version of “Knowledge Is Power”) © Elayne Zalis, 2021 When I’m a young girl in Miami, I love to read and watch television. Both activities spark my imagination . More than fifty years later, I once again…

Excerpt from Reimagining The Twilight Zone: A Young Fan’s Stories (a slightly edited version of “The Space Race”) © Elayne Zalis, 2021 While I’m home watching Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room in the late 1950s, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union continues to escalate, and…