Tommy Goround

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2022

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“Our Beloved Future” by Tommy Goround

Dad gave up the Red Wings because he thought they were made in China. He walked out with his Havester series 7 boots, called back “Your the man of the house while I’m gone,” walked out the door, entered a pickup full of happy and expectant Border Jumpers and then died. My father was a coyote. But he was the best of the pack, blending in with his farmer gear, mid-western accent and a large smile for the Royal Mounted Police or Border Patrol. He thought of himself like Harriet Tubman, except he was probably...

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“removed for sale” by Tommy Goround

I told the group they must cite the Reedsy. I hope this is correct.

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“Removed for editing” by Tommy Goround

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“The Fabulous Rummage of Soledad Prison” by Tommy Goround

The Fabulous Rummage of Soledad PrisonMay is the month my first child was born. I tell her that Dad is going to be a Darling but she doesn’t quite believe it. There is no birthday card prepared, no ten foot check; she doesn’t even see a large ribbon over a car in the driveway. I have lost the face. No matter. She wants to go to a big city with her Mom and Aunt Maybe. Have a Lady’s Day at seventeen. Perhaps it will be the last day for my girl to put away the college applications, and th...

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Author bio

Fernando Sorrentino Craig Westmore Osaki (not Saki. I don't read Hector) Marquez Flannerty O Old King but not new King Gogol, Beloved Kafka Dahl Kathy Fisher the 2 Raymonds (though one is decidedly more morose). Cheever's pool story about adultry. Broughton, Eric Smith, Hampton, Book of Mark (brevity), Willie Smith of Seattle, Sexton, shh...I love to read Spyri and Weise over and over again. Did you know that Alexander Dumas actually made a second edition to Swiss Family Robinson? He loved them too.