Mara Masolini

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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“THE ONE MISSING STAR” by Mara Masolini

THE ONE MISSING STAR “ Do you see how he got dressed, our very dear friend? Oh, I say, at least, he could spare us the sight of those disgusting hairs on his beautiful muscular legs…..All he had to do was wear an ankle-length skirt, if he didn’t want to shave” Marilda , she laughed heartily, even though she pretended to be disgusted by how he showed up at the masked ball,...

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“THE FACE IN THE DARK ROOM” by Mara Masolini

THE FACE IN THE DARK ROOM  Mark Ross, a bank clerk , liked very much taking pictures. He was a real enthusiast of the shot. Indeed it can be said that he couldn’t help but photograph. At home he had a well- equipped laboratory for developing the photos he took during his travels , during the holidays ( vacations), but even those he took on the street of his city...

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“ MOUSE and THE LAME PIGEON” by Mara Masolini

            MOUSE and THE LAME  PIGEON  “ Of course , from a cat called Mouse you can expect at least something unusual, extravagant…But this then I would never have expected !“ Anita said, as soon as she came back home.                                          “ “What has Sofia’s cat been up to?” Her mother asked, while she was checking the cooking of the chicken in the ...

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“THE MISTERY OF THE MISSING CORPSES” by Mara Masolini

THE MISTERY OF THE MISSING CORPSES It had happened some  years ago.The investigation had since long been closed. No one was looking for the dead bodies that had disappeared from the coffins. The corpses had disappeared while they were exhibited in the funeral chapels adjacent to the hospital. From midnight to six in the morning the funeral chapels remain...

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“SUDDENLY BEHIND HER ON THE ROAD” by Mara Masolini

SUDDENLY BEHIND HER ON THE ROAD Since she had retired  in the countryside Marilyn took that walk every day. Mostly she set out shortly after sunset.  At that hour of passage, as if suspended, the air became thinner , and the light, which still shone, and yet was fading, imperceptibly but was fading away, it ( the light) was of an incomparable splendor. Sometimes instead sh...

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“WALKING FLOWERS WILL GROW IN THIS LAWN and TREES WILL FLY S” by Mara Masolini

 WALKING  FLOWERS WILL GROW IN THIS LAWN and TREES WILL FLY The colors, of course it was also their colors ,always, so living ( vivid) and dazzling ,  which gave him that idea. But, above all, it was their scent, so intense , yet also evanescent, which you could now perceive so strong, so all pervaded, sometimes even stunned or pungent, and which soon after you could no longer feel, as ...

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“THE BLACK CHICK” by Mara Masolini

THE BLACK CHICK Tommy had always been a good, docile child.  He had never made a fuss in the evening when, at the appointed time, he had to go to bed. Often, although not always, his mother, Louise, sat next to him on the bed and began to tell him a fairy tale. Most of the time ( almost always) Tommy fell asleep before she got to the end of the tale. Then she, Louise, came back in the livi...

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“THE FABULOUS BLUE EGGS” by Mara Masolini

THE FABULOUS BLUE EGGS She closed in the envelope  the letter she had just finished writing , she wrote the address on the envelope, like the letter with her goose pen ( quill). Then she stamped the envelope and went out to post her letter. It was now 2050, by now only emails and SMS , and other even faster technological devilries were used. But she was still using the m...

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“THE LAST CALL” by Mara Masolini

                  THE LAST CALL She had long contacted that association___FOR CITIZEN’S RIGHTS____which claimed to be able tohelp people who were suffering psychiatric abuse and other malpractices by health care. She was suffering much more than abuse. Since too much time she had been subjected to a dictatorship, which probably wasn’t only   psychiatry to inflict her. That it was a very  unjust and very ...

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“OUTSIDE THE COURTYARD” by Mara Masolini

              OUTSIDE THE COURTYARD      “ Listen to me, little Bobby: you don’t have to go out of the courtyard at all! Do you understand? Not even to go after a hen, or a turkey, or a goose, or some other animal” Bobby saw Aunt Julie’s stern face at the window…He knew well that there was no questioning her orders. However, he dared to say ( reply) : “ But, aunt, the animals come...

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“ONE LITTLE THING APPEARING AND DISAPPEARING” by Mara Masolini

ONE  LITTLE THING   APPEARING AND DISAPPEARING Grandpa Freddy almost never dared to go beyond ( outside) the solar system during his daily observations of the celestial vault. He , every time, remained ( was) too enchanted by the sandstorms on Mars, by its dark orange.  Not to mention the moon…oh what shock , after having always seen it bright of a soft light in the sky at night, when( lo...

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“CHOCOLATE HEART” by Mara Masolini

CHOCOLATE HEART She had found it rummaging in an old warm-eaten chest relegated to the attic.  As soon as Marianna had the red box in her hands, after pulling it out of the pile of junk where ( into which) it was ______pieces of fabric, balls of wool, crochet hooks, scissors, hairpins, zippers, ribbons, spools of thread….._____she felt her heartbeat speeding up with emotion. That heart sha...

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“MY SQUIRREL IS FLYING” by Mara Masolini

MY SQUIRREL IS FLYING “ You will see how many friendships you’ll make there in the city, of course even ( with) girls” His mother kept repeating him for days. “Oh, think, you will go to a very prestigious school ,the renowned international high school Albert Einstein “                                                                          “You will be able to play football on regular pla...

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“ALMOST LIKE AN APPARITION” by Mara Masolini

ALMOST LIKE AN APPARITION  No doubt that she could not go unnoticed. Her long straight platinum blond hair, they moved, remaining long straight, to the almost regal pace of her steps. A tall black domed hat stood out  (towered) on her head, increasing her already remarkable height.  She had a tall, slender, supple figure ( physique). She was elegantly dressed, yet at the same time you wer...

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“ONE GRAY SOCK” by Mara Masolini

ONE GRAY SOCK ( THAT SINGLE GRAY SOCK) It had been three days  he had come to his father’s house, where his father had lived alone in the last years of his life, after the death of his second wife. During those three days he had gone wandering from room to room, all busy, frantically, in opening closets, drawers, trunks, and in rummaging among what were inside them, without even knowing wh...

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