Francesco James

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2021

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“Paperboy route” by Francesco James

Submitted to Contest #120

Back in my day, there were no such things as “online publications,” and newspapers were the major source of information. Hence, the world of suburbia was filled with paperboys, of which I was one. Raised Catholic, I was also an altar boy, which made Sundays a bit hectic for me. On one particular Sunday morning, six a.m. four days before Thanksgiving, the weather was bitter cold and the sky dark, pockets of visible stars slowly fading as the light of the full moon beckons the morning. My breath appears in front of me, short puffs of f...

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“The Voyagers” by Francesco James

Submitted to Contest #108

Francesco James Reedsy Writing Contest #257 The Voyagers Page 1 A warm sunset breeze offers no relief in the sun-scorched backdrop of the harbor, as the intense heat fuels the mirage of shimmering rooftops' rhythmic movement. The line of piers, strangled with crates and barrels matched by the congestion of river skiffs are tied up, three and four abreast, some nose to nose. It is no different on the dirt roads of the town close to two-and three-story warehouses of trading companies, the final point of departure for opium and goods ...

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