CG Casci

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2023

Stories (2)

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“On The Altar of her Tuscan Farmhouse” by CG Casci

Submitted to Contest #270

I’m in the kitchen cooking when the telephone rings. Onions are sweating, spinach defrosting and the meat is ready to go in. Ignore it. A sales call. Puccini is on at full volume as he often is when I cook, and the family is out. The telephone keeps ringing, Renata Scotto keeps singing and I keep cooking. Someone must win. But it could be family, run out of money, cancelled trains, school problems. ‘What are you doing?’ a woman’s voice on the other end. ‘What?’ I say. ‘Is this double glazing, appliance insurance or full-on scam?’ ‘Don’t...

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“Conversations With a Man in My Fridge” by CG Casci

Submitted to Contest #230

Reference to Torture and Imprisonment Slowly, I edged the fridge door open. I peeked through the gap to see if there was a man in my fridge. As suspected, there was. My father bought the apartment in Paris before he was exiled. It is spacious and beautiful and looks down on a courtyard with a pond that catches the afternoon sun. The kitchen is appointed with German appliances and Italian marble, and next to it is a utility room where the concierge drops off parcels without entering the apartment. And the fridge has a door at the back ...

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Author bio

CGCasci spent decades as a designer which involved writing for professional press, brochures and websites, and being a contributor to design competition panels. Recent short stories have been published by Mono, Litro, Fictionette, The Short Story Project and Christopher Fielden’s 2023 Anthology of humorous short stories.