Thomas Ciccarone

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

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4 Stories

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“The Tutelage of Speedball Horton” by Thomas Ciccarone

Submitted to Contest #214

The Tutelage of Speedball Horton T A Ciccarone The sleigh bells, which were attached to the door, jingled as I entered Mollie's Attic. "You have to go with Wiley today." It was early. Mollie looked up from where she stood at the glass case, making notes in her sales ledger. I usually worked the shop with her on Saturday mornings if I had nothing better to do. This announcement wasn't good ...

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“Questions” by Thomas Ciccarone

Submitted to Contest #166

Questions T A Ciccarone Gus the Theater Cat T.S. Elliott Gus is the cat at the theater door His name, as I ought to have told you before <...

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“Little Mikey” by Thomas Ciccarone

Submitted to Contest #84

Little Mikey thumbtacked the cereal box that he had turned inside out to the wall over the silent shortwave radio. Paper in the house was scarce, and there was nothing to write on, so he cut open the empty cereal box. He used it to mark off the weeks, months, and years as a crude calendar. The journal that he kept, Tom's journal, had been filled years ago, and Mike couldn't even remember the last time he had read it, le...

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“The Great Luge Run On Shit Hill” by Thomas Ciccarone

Submitted to Contest #77

When my older brother, the Genius, came up with the idea, my next-door neighbor and I instinctively went along with him. It wasn't that I always agreed with his hair-brained schemes; that was rarely the case. I immediately recalled the times he set the woods, the lot next door, and the piano on fire as he "experimented with the pyrotechnic properties of flammable liquids." Those instances paled in comparison to the pump...

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