Tommy Goround

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2022

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“The Benefit Society” by Tommy Goround

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #169

There's a graveyard in Old Home, California, that hasn't changed its prices since 1978. The locals know it. They are suspicious of strangers coming to their town with pickup trucks because everyone in the world would like a free plot of land just to bury their kin.One time Sally Greenbow told us that the military did not pay enough to bury her husband after Iraq. The commercials on the television say that the average funeral cost is the same price as a used Toyota. The same price as a 5-year-old car that will get you to work. I'm sure that m...

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National Accreditation (NACAAS) Recip Pushcart Prize Nominee Can pick anyone's nose with Japanese chopsticks but not Chinese chopsticks. °Lodi °Tokyo ° Seattle ° Monterey tpgoround@gmail.com tpgoround@gmail.com

Shortlisted 3 stories ⭐️

Contest #256
Psst...(Jill killed Jack) – read story
Contest #169
No more laundry. – read story
Contest #169
The Benefit Society – read story