Michael Pelepko

“April Is the Cruelist Month” by Michael Pelepko

Submitted to Contest #141

Introduction…The husband in this tale will eventually tell all, admit how he is to blame for the predicament he now faces: “Henry Jackson” is indeed responsible for what’s now coming down in his life. The man knows for certain that “Elizabeth Meyers Jackson” has retained a lawyer: Stanley S. Shirk, Esquire.Hank’s wife deliberately discarded “the letter” on their bathroom counter, where it could not possibly be overlooked, the letter advising: “prior to any drawing up of your requisite paperwork, I’ll need to meet with you and your husband as...

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“Every November 22nd ” by Michael Pelepko

PART ONE:It’s an old question from the sixties, frequently discussed and the perfect starting place for my story: “where were you when President Kennedy was shot?”My good friend Michael John Piasecki had entered the seminary in September of 1962 to study for the Roman Catholic priesthood, and that’s how he ended up at a refectory table with five other seminarians on November 22nd of 1963 at 12:30 pm central time when the Rector turned on his microphone and all of us believed it was time to conclude lunch with the usual closing prayer when Fa...

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“JOB REVISITED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LES CHAPIN” by Michael Pelepko

(This story includes two strict fathers whose domineering personalities do not allow their adolescent children any input into the tasks of growing up with subsequent tragic consequences.) PROLOGUE… "You know Les, y'all needs to grow up sometime, and your time is now, sonny boy. Fur sure!” Evan Chapin had no idea on how he might respond to his 16 year old son's plans to quit school and begin building a house for him and 14 year old Molly Barr who was growing up on another farm in the same section of our county... Les's problems with...

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“Whatever Happened to Joey "Yank" Yankovich” by Michael Pelepko

Submitted to Contest #136

It’s 2005 and the Houston Astros, with their rising star homerun hitter Carlos Beltran will finally be playing in their first World Series; back in 1969, they were called the Colt .45’s and they sat at home and watched on TV while their 1962 counterparts in the expansion of National League Baseball – “The Amazin’ New York Mets” – became World Series Champions…I knew the Mets were going to do what they did back then, and I predicted it. I woul have nothing really better to do with my life, because I was no longer a real baseball player...I ha...

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“Believe Your Lady” by Michael Pelepko

Submitted to Contest #135

James Dag Flood is a Registered Nurse with twenty years’ experience at the bedside among the sick and dying. The nurse remains on duty despite “burn out” – about which he’ll tell you: “don’t believe in burn out, don’t believe in cures. I’ve met Jesus Christ and believe in healing. Amen.”Flood maintained a steady gaze at his eldest child's check for Two-hundred and pondered the consequence of cashing it. The nurse had tonight off after six straight. The clock on his bedroom radio read 12:08 when he awoke after four hours of disrupted sleep, i...

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