FRANCIS LALUNA

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“UNCLE DANNY” by FRANCIS LALUNA

Submitted to Contest #254

UNCLE DANNY            The Astramati had not completely settled into their Brooklyn home when Anna met Demetrio Pagliaro. He had just rented the fourth floor for what Gus called cheap. The tenant did not agree for the following reasons: just below the roof, it angled downward at the back, like the slant above. Thus, a good deal of space was amputated. The heat was transmitted from the roof tar and only partly dissipated by open windows, making summers unbearable. Winters were uncomfortab...

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I am a retired oncologist who is unable to stop writing. I am unpublished but live in hope. I am a descendant of Italo-Albanians who migrated to Brooklyn at the turn of the last century. Their story is told in this and many of my tales.