Bob Faszczewski

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

Stories (126)

126 Stories

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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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“The Day Everything Stopped” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #125

The Day Everything Stopped Struter Jones rushed to the corner to catch the 7:58 Fifth Avenue bus. As usual, she had timed every action in getting ready for her daily work grind down to the last second. No fan of her current dull-as-hell-go-nowhere clerical position, she did only what she had to do when she had to do it, as every day she se...

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“Parting the Clouds” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #124

Each step forward in the dark forest brought Joe Stinson face to face with another mysterious turn. 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 afternoon adventure, however, quickly caused a confrontation more complicated than the twists and turns of his own troubled personality. For six months he had fought off the effects of t...

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“A New 'Phantom'?” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #123

A New ‘Phantom’? I could sense the overpowering stink of the creature enveloping the entire audience and, as I looked out from the stage, I could see him glowering at me just itching to consume me as his next afternoon snack. My performance as the lead in our community theater company’s production of Our Town would cause my raw first-time performer’s nerves to race out...

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“The Invasion That Fizzled” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #122

The Invasion That Fizzled John Pritchard sat in his living room waiting impatiently for his buddies to arrive so they could start watching the Giants football game. He had laid out the snacks, put the hors d’oevres in the oven and stocked the freezer with plenty of beer. Then, all of a sudden, someone rang his doorbell--and it wasn’t one of the gang John expected. In fact, he didn’t se...

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“Broken Eggs Don't Always Make Omelets” by Bob Faszczewski

Submitted to Contest #121

Throughout his youth in Elizabeth, New Jersey the mysterious John Wilenski’s actions and appearance convinced many of his neighbors and peers that his actual age amounted to a much smaller number than that displayed on his birth certificate or sworn to by his parents and other relatives. Noone, however, had any idea how the perception of his youth would carve out a future path none of them ever imagined. &...

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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.