Richard Sirianni

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2019

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Now Serving” by Richard Sirianni

Submitted to Contest #49

It was unusually busy for a weekday afternoon. The emergency room was filled with a full cast of characters suffering from varying degrees of disorders, some more severe than others. The spectrum ranged from those with bloodied and bandages appendages to a feverish young woman to a construction worker with a hacking cough that reverberated in a corridor every few minutes. Automatic doors of differing colors and ...

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“Nirvana for a Day” by Richard Sirianni

Submitted to Contest #40

Being the elder statesman at our family-owned restaurant, the Slippery Slope, I was the first to be voted off the island when the Coronavirus hit our little suburban hamlet. I was the ‘Okay, Boomer’ guy. The rest of the family thought they could handle it, with the orders now being pickup or delivery. I guess having a compromised immune system has its privileges. With day one of semi-retirement in progress, I took a step back for a big picture view of ...

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“The House on Hooper Street” by Richard Sirianni

Submitted to Contest #13

A long, hot, muggy summer has finally given way to the brisk temperatures of a long-awaited Autumn. The New York tri-state region is now breathing a sigh of relief with the recent arrest of David Berkowitz, the infamous postal worker responsible for a year's worth of murders. Local sports fans are still basking in the reversed fortunes of their New York Yankees with newly acquired Reggie Jackson guiding the team to their first World Series title in over a decade.It is Halloween of 1977, overcast, with temperatures hovering near the...

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Author bio

Feature film/Emmy Award-nominated documentary producer and occasional writer. Recently hired to do a screenplay adaptation from a novel. Once worked my way into The Tonight Show offices at NBC in Burbank and delivered jokes pertaining to the 1992 Presidential Election Campaign. Received an independent contractors agreement from Jay Leno to submit material for the show. Co-writer of the full cast audio drama Percy the Cat and the Big White House. Currently, making a slight shift away from film and taking more interest in storytelling regardless of the path it may follow.