Bob Faszczewski

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

Stories (131)

131 Stories

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“What the Lens Sees” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #144

What the Lens Sees As the sun begins its descent by just kissing the horizon the atmosphere explodes in a palette of brilliant colors of every hue and shade. Jonesford quickly focuses his lens so that he won’t miss a second of Nature putting on her most stylish ball gown to welcom...

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“Too Many Wrong Turns” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #143

Like a long, black curtain the pandemic of 2020-2021 had shrouded the area around Ocean City, Md.--and the celebration of the beauty of Maryland’s Eastern Shore--in a cloak of too-greatly-reduced activity for a time period way beyond what it should have. The announcement that the area finally would return to some semblance of pre-pandemic normalcy, therefore, blew like a breath of fresh ocean air across all of Delmarva. Those looking for opening up of yearly ...

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“Unseen Epilogue” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #142

Unseen Epilogue The final pages of the story of the librarian known as Mary McFee closed far more strangely than any of her colleages in the Rehobeth Beach Public Library ever would have imagined. &nbs...

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“Death Among the Waves” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #140

Natasha Yugoselski ran to hang up her Walker Company work apron and rushed to the exit for the long trek home. She couldn’t wait to throw herself into the arms of Janusz, her husband, lifemate and love. He had spent the glorious summer day swimming on the Jersey Shore with Stash and Walter, his two teenage sons, and Natasha couldn’t wait to hear about their adventures. Sure she regretted having to work on the production line while her family played, but one of the Walker...

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“A Matter of Degrees” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #138

A Matter of Degrees Residents of the Northern Hemisphere normally welcomed the chance to throw off their layers of winter clothing and romp with as little attire as possible in the world’s lakes and oceans. They didn’t realize, however, that the sun they so fervently wished for, now could become the instrument of their destruction. As Mother Nature began to close the curtain on 2300 she decided to play a cruel joke on humanity by having the sun shine continuously–24 hours a day. Medical personnel working in emergency rooms across mos...

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“'Self-Service' Home Renovation” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #137

Before I opened the can of gasoline in my garage and struck a match I thought of the bucket load of bad luck followed by a number of bad decisions that had brought me to this point– To my wife and I our kitchen appliances accurately resembled those June Cleaver had used in Leave It to Beaver in the 50s. The decrepit cabinets had become so dirty and worn it appeared the Three Bears had broken in and ravaged...

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“The Devil in the Details” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #136

Each mysterious turn in the deadly quiet forest brought Joe Stinson face to face with another patch of darkness. He had driven around the entire afternoon trying to uncover the path to the ramshackle “mansion” that he thought would form the foundation of his future retreat on the Eastern Shore. Joe’s backwoods excursion, however, quickly brought him face-to-face with a confrontation more troubling and creepy than the twists and turns of his own deeply damaged psyche. For...

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“Journey to the Center of a Mind” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #134

Journey to the Center of a Mind Tom Jepson had carefully cultivated his reputation as the top project manager for Apex Computer Consulting backed up by an outstanding reco...

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“Cutting an Artery” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #133

Cutting an Artery “Curb appeal” really didn’t exist on the outside of the rundown cabin, so it had one strike against it even before Tom Cupiskin opened the creaky front door. Then, after gingerly ascending the crooked front steps, he peeled back several layers of cobwebs and turned the ancient doo...

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“Lighthouse to Identity” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #132

Lighthouse to Identity “What would Jesus Do?” For much of his adult life William Skulpski thought he had based his reaction to the challenges facing him on that premise. However, one of William’s biggest challenges, the essential tremor that had plagued him throughout his pre-teen years into his rapidly-advancing adulth...

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“The Profits of Gossip” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #131

The Profits of Gossip After operating one of the most successful and popular taverns in Annapolis for 30 years Johnny Spertulla was happy to “hang it up” and retire to the quiet Eastern Shore resort town of Snow Hill. Little did he know that a group of his new neighbors would attempt to dash his hopes for a laid-back lifestyle filled with weekend mornings of fishing the Atlantic and whiling away his afternoons in minimal stakes poker games. On his first day in town, Johnny stopped by the local grocery store to pick up a few “ne...

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“Crime of the Quiet Librarian” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #130

Crime of the Quiet Librarian On one quiet Friday evening, not unlike most others at the Berlin, Md Public Library, all the patrons had departed and librarian Jan Newsome had put everything in its place and prepared ...

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“Cabin in the Wilderness of My Mind” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #129

Cabin in the Wilderness of My Mind My asinine, dead end job really has left me on the edge of depression lately. Add to this catching my scumbag boss in the sack with my brainless Barbie of a wife and the fact that my creditors seem ready to foreclose on the precious few possessions I haven’t hocked to satisfy my 15-year addiction to the...

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“Spilled Tea” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #128

Spilled Tea As Cassie brewed the cup of tea she reflected on how the comfort and peace of her current retired life at “the Shore” contrasted with her past life. The feeling of the...

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“Auld Lang Syne” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #126

As New Year’s Eve approached Wilson felt he had little to look forward to–another boring party with inane gossip, too-loud music and endless repetition of resolutions that everyone knew they wouldn’t keep but that they still invented year after year supposedly “to carry on the tradition,” but, more likely to cut through the annual boredom fest. A bright spot, however, had emerged three years ago and repeated itself two times since–the appearance of the stunningly beautiful and...

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Author bio

Bob Faszczewski is a curious writer who loves exploring different themes and motifs. He has produced two recently-published collections of fiction-science fiction stories about travel across the timeline, "Taming the Timeline" (available for sale on saltwatermedia.com) and "Locking Arms with Giants (available for sale through Amazon Kindle and Amazon.com.). Both also are available for sale at Greyhound Bookstore in Berlin, Md. Bob has published the following short stories in magazines in a number of genres: ."Bloodstains on the Ledger"--Ink and the Sword.com . "Tragedy Near the Corpse Light--or Because of It"--Mystery Tribune.com . "Cadaver in the Forest"--Adelaide Literary Magazine . "Heard It Through the Grapevine"--Flash Fiction.com . "Resetting the Clock"--Academy of the Heart and Mind . "The Turkonians Are Coming"--CleverMag.com.