Once Upon a Pizzeria
Once upon a pizzeria, a little pizzeria in the big big city, there lived a woman named…
Fiction
Loss of Teenage Dreams
I don’t know if he has recognized me. Frank Spadari. He’s even more handsome now with…
Zia
I re-read the telegram for the third time. But the message would not change. Zia had…
Poppy Crackers
Cat jumped into the backseat, asked for snacks and Shawn Mendes. Rosie granted one of the…
Autumn Bounty
I was born in central Italy, in a beautiful green valley. In the summer, the fields were…
The Darkness You Hold
(for Joseph Altobelli) Imagine this: you are twenty-four years old and you long to take…
The Motorcycle
“Monsieur, Monsieur.” He could hear a voice far away. Then he felt a light…
Twinset
Mum would take us out for a roll in the double pram, dressed identically in well-sucked…
The Silence
The sound of sirens is coming closer and closer when I rush into…
Filò: An Olde-Tyme Christmas Story
The ritual demanded that if the girl wasn’t interested in a suitor, she would decline…