Break From Reality. Daily.
This story is by Fred Cucchi and was part of our 2018 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. His taxi driver left him there. Alone. In a sun-scorched clearing just across the border in South Sudan. Havelands was a Vatican diplomat on a mission of peace. He slicked back…
by Fred Cucchi Mum frowned as jagged lightning gashed the murky sky. I insisted. “Okay, Frankie, you can go down to Stephen’s house on your bike but play indoors. You be back for lunch, mind. You’ve got your homework to do.” At Steve’s house we plotted our forbidden adventure from behind cupped hands. We checked our…
