Donald Mazzella

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2024

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“We Are All Bound Together” by Donald Mazzella

Submitted to Contest #275

It is difficult enough to explain an improbable event that happened to you alone. When three others have the same experience simultaneously, one must look elsewhere for certainty. Let me explain.In the summer of 1983, my father was still suffering the loss of my mother when we drove to visit a couple of former Newark neighbors at their New Jersey shore home. The bright day portended no clouds and rain.The hosts shared with my father immigration to America and the years of working hard to succeed. Unlike him, they were now enjo...

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“A Walk In The Garden” by Donald Mazzella

Submitted to Contest #255

Copenhagen was sweltering in an unfamiliar heatwave as Carlo Spoto walked out the side door to the hotel gardens. As he expected, his boss was sitting on the closest bench. In their years together, he knew Hurst Dansk would not keep him waiting. Even with the unusually hot weather, the Danish company’s patriarch was always dressed in a heavy, woolen, dark business suit. Behind him, similarly dressed and mere yards away, the old man’s guard stood quietly attentive. In 20 years as head of American operations, Carlo had...

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Author bio

The first volume of Donald P. Mazzella's historical fiction trilogy, Ruler of the Seas, is now available from Boyleston Press. He co-edited The Janus Principle, Focusing Your Company On Selling To Small Business. His editorship of Recalculating aided that book in its being named Small Business Book of the Year by the Independent Press Group. He hosts Small Business Digest on numerous channels.