ILARIO UDINESI

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

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3 Stories

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“Goblins like Coconut, but dislike snow” by ILARIO UDINESI

Submitted to Contest #77

It would have been a wonderful day in the reserve -- except for the goblins. Coconut. The signs in the reserve said that coconut exposed in the open air for more than ten minutes would attract goblins. Of course, we didn’t believe this because there are no goblins in the cold climes we come from, and aren’t goblins anyway mythical creatures that appear only in the pages of fantasy books. Despite our disbelief, we were careful. We laid out the cheese and the charcuterie, the vegetables. In my mind I made a ment...

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“Games” by ILARIO UDINESI

Submitted to Contest #76

“Is it time?” asked the man. “Look at your watch, answered the woman. “Where’s your watch?” “I seem to have misplaced it.” “Misplaced it? Your precious watch, your pride and joy, which was your father’s and grandfather’s before you. I don’t recall ever seeing you without it.” “Well it’s a day of firsts,” reflected the man, “I’m just as shocked to see you without your long, wild tangle of hair”. “I guess it is a day of firsts. And lasts! How many jobs together does this make?” “52, once Centipede gets here wi...

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“The Orb” by ILARIO UDINESI

Submitted to Contest #75

The city of Cerea was on the brink when the orb landed. The Ordosi were widely despised because they did actual work -- it was work or starve. The Landosi, on the other hand, were despised because they didn’t work -- they had plenty to eat. Their wealth came not from ingenuity or invention, at least for many generations, but age-old privilege. The situation clearly was unsustainable and a rebalancing was in order. Blood was in air. Then the orb dropped from the sky and landed in the middle of the market square. ...

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