Tony Coppo

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2022

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“Investing in sin” by Tony Coppo

Submitted to Contest #154

"Did you know that official time is not true solar time?" I ask, nonchalantly sipping my whiskey, pushing my glasses straight up my nose and putting on a mysterious grin. Even as I walked into the gray bar of the Novotel at Heathrow Airport, her long legs ran into my eye like the waving of a red flag on a gaur. Her blonde locks flapped with every tap of her stiletto heels on the wooden floor. Her yellow aura shone gold on the gray interior in which my pot-bellied colleagues hung puffily in brown seats. Through her, the painful memory of the ...

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“The Future Link” by Tony Coppo

Submitted to Contest #152

“Grimes! Grimes!” Elon listened to the clatter in the kitchen.“Here I am,” Grimes panted, she dried her wet hands on a tip of her apron. “Honey, I finally figured it out! I'm the inventor of the Future Link.”“Don't be difficult. What have you invented this time?”Elon looked at Grimes as if she were asking an alien for directions to church.“You can actually see your future. Just sit down here.”She sighed.“Just a minute, then, because my beans are on the stove.” She pointed to the kitchen.“Do you see this apparatus?”“Apparatus?” She laugh...

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“The Gucci bikini” by Tony Coppo

Submitted to Contest #150

Since the day I was born, I've been following instructions. Go here, do this, say that, but I'm tired of it. I am sick of being a marionette, controlled by others. I want to be free. Furthermore, I want to make my own decisions, good or bad.So I stopped obeying instructions.I started doing things my own way.When my stomach rattled, I would walk to the cabinet of bottles, take one, unscrew the cap, fill the bottle three-quarters full of Fiji and three tablespoons of Green, I would shake the bottle and pour the burning stuff down my throat.&nb...

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“Paul's game” by Tony Coppo

Submitted to Contest #149

Hidden behind a lamppost I spy Paul accosting two young women. I have been following him since dawn and this is already the tenth time. The pattern is always the same: he puts his hand on their shoulder, at first they look at him dismissively, some swat his hand away. Then he opens his notebook and reads aloud for five minutes. Gradually the women's faces light up, most of them have big smiles, the first one approached this morning even chuckled. When he closes his book, they give him an air kiss, some of them put a real smack on his cheek.&...

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“The Caterpillar Gang” by Tony Coppo

Submitted to Contest #148

'She's got it all going on again,' says John, turns the wheel of the Caterpillar and drives off into the yard. Charles takes a Mentos from the XXL jar in the dashboard, offers John a gum, who waves the gesture away. John hates the false minty taste. 'Samantha wants a breast augmentation.'John stares at the little apartment building. The façade is snow-white and black aluminium windows adorn the three floors in symmetrical rows in pairs. 'It still looks perfect,' he says and checks the location on his mobile phone; the address is correct. The...

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Author bio

Tony Coppo (Belgian) lives in Mallorca (Spain) and teaches kite surfing. Through thinking, reading and writing, he hopes to develop further in consciousness. Outside of kites and boards, Tony is the proud owner of a collection of flint stones, turning them over, one by one, is part of his daily routine. He has previously published in leading, yet obscure collections such as 'The Seventh Buttonhole', 'The Letters After A' and 'Frog Umbrella'.