Charlotte Corrao

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“ENTERTAINMENT FROM AND FOR ALL AGES” by Charlotte Corrao

Submitted to Contest #123

ENTERTAINMENT FROM AND FOR ALL AGESThe invitation went out from the local dancing school to the community for singers and dancers. The owner came right to our local senior center and asked for volunteers. The participants were to work with the dancing school students for the upcoming holiday recital. I had chosen to audition for singing. The song I had decided to sing was, Brenda Lee’s “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree”.“Rocking Around the Christmas Tree” is a very upbeat song and very easy for the students to dance too. I was somewhat skep...

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“Blizzard Baby Bundle of Joy” by Charlotte Corrao

Submitted to Contest #52

Jackie had been working in the accounting room at Walmart, she had heard the weather reports earlier that day about getting three to six inches of snow through the night, it did not alarm her. Her Jeep Wrangler was road worthy and had brand-new all-weather tires put on. Although Walmart had closed earlier this even to keep accidents from happening there was still many employees cleaning stocking and doing inventory. Jackie still was trying to find where the accounts did not match to balance the books. The work Jackie was doing was tedious ...

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“More Vacation Than What Was Planned” by Charlotte Corrao

Submitted to Contest #52

Driving back from the Ocean City, New Jersey four college girls were giggling about their recent vacation. Linda, Amber, Diane all had dates except Tina. Mark was Linda’s boyfriend. Pete was Amber’s and Paul was Diane’s man. Tina had recently broken up with her boyfriend Dave. Tina never felt like a fifth wheel of a cart. They were on their way home to Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania from Ocean City New Jersey from having a great vacation. The weather had totally cooperated for them. The four girls and three boys took separate cars as the...

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“Truly Blessed Again” by Charlotte Corrao

Submitted to Contest #52

The air was crisp, the fall foliage splendid as it was October 18 and at full peak. Steven and Jennifer headed were to Hopewell, Virginia to from Allentown, Pa. They were excited for many reasons, they were setting up housekeeping together, the U-Haul they rented was full to capacity, between furniture clothes, and other domestics necessities.Steven and Jennifer were also planning on being married on December 20. They would joke to their friends and family that they could still use the wedding date as a tax credit. Steven is the Navy for two...

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“Homecoming Under Duress” by Charlotte Corrao

Submitted to Contest #51

The rain had been dancing and drizzling on the window. It coincided with Cheryl's tears and the slow rhythm of her tapping foot. She looked anxiously out the window to see what had changed in the last thirty-five years as she neared the town of Whitehall, Pa where she grew up. Cheryl had recently divorced and her employment as a manager in a retail chain did not have the salary to sustain her own residence. Her mother had offered that she come back home and stay in her own bedroom that she grew up in. This move back home would help her and...

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I wonder what I would need to do to be considered to be a ghost rider?