Just Stories
By luigi_pagano
Drama, Flash Fiction, Short Stories.
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Pillow Talk
The title (but not the plot) taken from the eponymous film with Rock Hudson and Doris Day.
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Il Capitano
On terra firma.
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Granddad and the King
A gallop through the past.
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The Box Left Behind
My 600th submission is a Flash Fiction of approximately 500 words for this week's Inspiration Point.
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Jack-In-The-Box
A sequel to "The Box Left Behind".- https://www.abctales.com/story/luigipagano/box-left-behind
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The Fly On the Wall
Flash fiction. (approx. 400 words)
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Parlez-vous français?
The art of communication.
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On the Right Tracks
Not a piece of cake
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The Cat Sat On the Mat
Flash fiction - 350 words.
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When Annie Met 'Slow'
Flash Fiction - 1000 words - Picture from Wikimedia.
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Wish You Were Here
A dream holiday. (Flash fiction - 200 words)
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Three is a Crowd
Flash fiction - 200 words
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Hot Lips
8) Digging deeper. (Flash fiction - 500 words)
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Kissing Frogs
9) Jessica, osculation and training manuals, (Flash fiction - 500 words)
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Two plus Two Makes Five
23) Jessica gets it wrong. (Flash fiction - 500 words)
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Majority Verdict
'I will accept a majority verdict', the judge said with a sigh after the jury had failed for the umpteenth time to reach a consensus. He had made...
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Three Ships
Flash fiction - 400 words. (A repost)
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A Retiring Lady
A shy type. (Flash fiction - 200 words)
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Comings and Goings
Not a spring chicken but a seasoned hen. (200-word flash fiction)
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A Reliable Source
200 words Flash Fiction.
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Zombie Apocalypse
The Anti-Zombie Dominance Plan. - This started its life as a poem but it has been changed to 340-words flash fiction.
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Upon My Soul
Neither up nor down. (Flash fiction -approx.700 words)
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Beware of Greeks Telling Tales
Adapted from an earlier piece of mine entitled 'The Truth about Penelope'.
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Keeping Watch
(Edited) Childhood memories.
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No More Waiting
The curious title of the book prominently displayed in the bookshop's window caught my attention.
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A Heavy Load To Bear
Walls have ears. (Flash fiction - 400 words)
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The Martians Have Landed
Worrying times. (Flash fiction - 200 words)
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Pistols at Dawn
Beginnings and endings.(Flash fiction 350 words)
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Fluency
Deja vu. - (Flash fiction, 400 words)
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Coming Home
Home, sweet home. (Flash fiction - 350 words approx.)
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A Flag of Convenience
...and an unpaid bill. (Flash fiction - 475 words)
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Travels with my Aunt
I only learnt that Uncle Bert was a bachelor after he died.
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Elf and Safety
Humphrey, the elf in charge of planning and logistics, was fuming. No one had listened to his warnings to act sensibly within the guidelines
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A House in the Country
" I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole!" Heather's mother had cast her critical eye all over the property and that was her verdict.
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A Spelling Bee
A bee in one's bonnet.
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A Stranger on the Doorstep
My fingers were about to hit the keyboard of the laptop which, after some reluctance had come to life, when there was a loud bang on the front door...
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The Medium Has a Message
Jeremy and I knew that it would be a charade if not an outright con but we agreed to join the séance to please grandma Edna.
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Joe and Kevin (part 1) - Spoilt for Choice
A follow up to "Upon My Soul"
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Joe and Kevin (part 2) - The Judgement of Solomon
Nine-tenths of the law.
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A Most Mysterious Murder
Crime doesn't pay.
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Bless Me Father
In the confessional.
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Body Building for Dummies
Jean Pierre was a self-made man but he wasn't perfect
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A Cheesy Tale
A true-blue
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The Lion's Mouth - Part 1
Venice in the 14th century was a hotbed of conspiracies and intrigues. The secret police had placed lion- shaped letter boxes on the walls of the city so that citizens could inform on one another if they believed treachery was being committed.
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The Lion's Mouth - Part 2
Venice in the 14th century was a hotbed of conspiracies and intrigues. The secret police had placed lion- shaped letter boxes on the walls of the city so that citizens could inform on one another if they believed treachery was being committed.
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Musings
I suppose it was my fault for being too insistent in asking for assistance, but I did not expect so many visitors.
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Couch Potatoes and Limp Lettuces Leaves
Image : Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic licence - Author: https://www.flickr.com/photos/e3000
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Twists and Turns
Flash fiction - 160 words
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Rich Man, Poor Man
400 words flash fiction. Image from pixabay
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Three Men and a Car
400 words - Image from Wikipedia
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The Master Plan
540 words - Image from Pixabay
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Going Dutch (edited)
Amsterdam, here we come. - 600 words- Image from Pixabay
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Give Me the Moonlight
At large in Amsterdam. - 500 words - Image from Pixabay
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Long Journey Into the Night
A Good Samaritan, - 400 words - Image from Pixabay
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Doubting Thomas
Reflections on a long-ago holiday. Dreams and reality - 400 words - Image from Pixabay
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A Chef in the Making
Who would have thought that at the ripe old age of eighty-eight, I would have to learn how to cook. I remember the lovely meals that my dear wife,...
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The Man in the Funicular
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. - Author: Chris j wood
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A Hard Nut
Cooking on gas. - Image from Pixabay.
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The Longest Wait
A parody with apologies to Samuel Beckett.
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The Buried Treasure (2) - Ill-gotten Gains
What lay beneath the soil? (Image from Pixabay.
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The Buried Treasure (3) - Solving the puzzle
John Brown was flabbergasted. He looked at his wife and asked: “Do you mean you doubt they were federal agents, Dorothy?” Mrs. Brown, who liked to...
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Last Rites
Based on the opening line of "Earthly Powers" by Anthony Burgess
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Ghost Writing
It won't last, I'm sure. Before long readers will discover that I am a fraud. That the writings published under my name, are not mine but have been...
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Unforeseen Circumstances
Do you believe in Fate?
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A Devil of a Man (1) - Call to Arms
Image: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license. Author: VollwertBIT
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A Devil of a Man (2) - No Peace for the Wicked
The aftermath of a peace treaty - Map from Wikimedia Commons
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A Devil of a Man (3) - An Orgy of Destruction
Hell and damnation.
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A Devil of a Man (4) - The Italian Connection
A letter from the Pope - Image in the public domain
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A Devil of a Man (5) - A Fair Exchange
Fair exchange is no robbery. - Image from Wikimedia Commons.
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A Devil of a Man (6) - A Pope's Dilemma
Enters the Green Count - Image by Odejea - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,- Wikimedia Commons
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A Devil of a Man (7) - In Vino Veritas
Tasting the local wine. - (Image from Wikimedia Commons - Diego Delso, delso.photo , License " CC-BY-SA "
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Recollections
Do you remember when...
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Man Mountain
Image from Wikimedia Common in the public domain. Source El Grafico del 17 de Noviembre de 1934. Edition 801
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Musings Among Flowering Bushes
I talk to the trees
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I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
"The first great American opera"
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This Week's I.P. is...
a DIY one.
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Hyacinth and the Economist
Image from Facebook https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php/?story_fbid=137358604522306&id=10...
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In Search of Times Past
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Il "Ponte Rotto"
More reminiscences.
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Body of Evidence
It never ceases to amaze me how adults can be so gullible. When Geoffrey Catchpole was noticed doing his own shopping at the village store and...
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