George Borghi

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“The Days of Peeping Tom” by George Borghi

Submitted to Contest #180

 I wouldn’t have said anything. If my daughter was the tallest girl in 10th grade and wore a metal back-brace down the length of her back, I doubt I’d be broadcasting to the whole neighborhood that she had a peeping tom. I mean, you’re just opening yourself up for some blow back.  Even my mom, who is extra nice, told me about her exchange with a touch of meanness. She said, “I saw Mrs. Blankenship at S&S and she told me that Margaret has a peeping tom.  That make any sense to you?” “She wouldn...

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Most of my life was spent on the technical side film industry, inadvertently learning about good (and bad) story telling. I'm now retired to a tiny town north of San Francisco with an unexpected inclination to conjure stories out of thin air.