Joseph Registrato

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2022

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“Love is a Killer” by Joseph Registrato

Submitted to Contest #165

Love is a Killer           Two cops huddled in a dingy backroom finishing up reports on what they agreed had been a suicide, but then the best friend of the deceased called and said she was responsible for the death and wanted to be arrested.             The younger cop said, “She’s lying. There is no way she lifted her best friend up onto a table saw, of all things, switched it on and somehow pushed her into the blade. It’s not ev...

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“Love Is A Killer” by Joseph Registrato

Submitted to Contest #158

Love is a Killer          Two cops huddled in a dingy backroom finishing up reports on what they agreed had been a suicide, but then the best friend of the deceased called and said she was responsible for the death and wanted to be arrested.            The younger cop said, “She’s lying. There is no way she lifted her best friend up onto a table saw, of all things, switched it on and somehow pushed her into the blade. It’s not even physicall...

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“Henri The Lab” by Joseph Registrato

Submitted to Contest #143

Henri the Lab      by Joe Registrato          I was on a trip to Paris that I arranged as an anniversary present for my wife; and it was fun, poking around museums, shops along the Champs-Elyse, sidewalk cafes and outdoor food vendors, but even during a pleasant trip a man needs a break.          So when my wife was napping, I went for a walk among the Parisians, strolling along the sidewalks of one of the banks, left or right...

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“Gut Shot” by Joseph Registrato

Submitted to Contest #141

Gut Shot You know the thing about praising the writing first, then coming down a bit gently on the trite, redundant, irrelevant parts, or more commonly, the parts that make no sense at all? I thought it was kind of a universal principle among editors, an accepted practice in order to avoid having their would-be writers run off to law school or someplace worse, although it’s hard to imagine a place worse than law school, except maybe hell.   It is done this way because it’s a well-known fact that people who think it will be...

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