The two stories that follow were not chosen by the judges but I really enjoyed them, and you will too! Discovery of a Lifetime and The Dresser. Michael Landolfi has contributed several other great stories and you can find them all in the Short Story section under his name. I’m hoping to getContinue Reading
Written by Michael Landolfi – A National Geographic film crew has cameras rolling as Professor Ignatius Trok unearths his most recent find. He faces the camera and says, “This eight ton triceratops has lain undisturbed for at least sixty-five million years. The fossilized skeleton is totally intact. There are atContinue Reading
Written by Michael Landolfi – “Ground Control to Major Tom. Ground Control to Major Tom.” “This is Major Tom. Ground Control go ahead.” “Major Tom, you will be docking with the space station in thirteen minutes, prepare to execute R-bar pitch maneuver. Engage aft thruster #2…. in three, two, one, now.”Continue Reading
Written by Michael Landolfi – (Mature Theme) – This piece was written to mimic the style Mary Shelley used in writing “Frankenstein.” You may recall the monster was quite articulate. I pray thee Master, cast off these constraints that I may sit upright and satisfy your questions. These bonds painContinue Reading
Written by Michael Landolfi – I love rain, probably inherited it from my mother. She grew up in the Deep South where rain, within reason, meant money. Her father and his father were poor, uneducated dirt farmers whose fortunes were directly tied to the weather, rain was their lifeblood. InContinue Reading
Written by Michael Landolfi – BaBang! Thud! Brrizzppp! It was 3am. The hollow plastic explosion startled us all. Kelly bolted upright, “What the…?” She dug her fingernails into my face. I jumped up with an oath and fists at the ready. Kylie began to wail, “Oh no! Mommy, no, no!Continue Reading
Written by Michael Landolfi – “Have ya ever been fishin’ on a bright sunny day? Sat on the bank and watched the little fishies play? With your hands in your pockets and your pockets in your pants, watched the little fishies do the hootchie cootchie dance?” “No, I ain’t.” “Well,Continue Reading
Written by Michael Landolfi – If you told me this story, I absolutely would not believe it. …I’m supposed to be dead. We were driving home, west on 64, when we passed the sign we always made fun of: MOTHER THERESA PSYCHIC Palm Reading, Fortunes, High Colonics next right. “Let’sContinue Reading
Written by Michael Landolfi – “I ain’t gon ride in no Shivolay!” So we walked – all the way to Smilin’ Jack’s Seafood-N-Hushpuppies in Surfside, about three miles. “Why won’t cha ride in a Chevrolet?” “Cause ma daddy never did. He would drive a Merkurry, or even a Buick, butContinue Reading
