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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A Tense Situation
Image in the public domain.
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Treading the Boards
Flash fiction - 550 words.
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The Swiss Finishing School
3) “Who is Lottie?”, asks Jessica. (Flash fiction/500 words)
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Secrets and Half-lies
Part 4 - Flash fiction - 500 words.
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Cowbells and Wedding Bells
Part 5 - Flash fiction - 500 words.
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Fräuleins and Frolics in Andermatt
Part 6 - Flash fiction - 500 words . Image: CC BY 3.0) – Author: Badener
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A Train of Thought
Part 7 - Flash fiction 500 words
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A Certain Smile
Part 8 - Flash fiction 500 words - Image from Pixabay
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A Slippery Slope
Part 9 - Flash fiction 500 words - Image from Pixabay
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Saints and Sinners
Part 10 - Flash fiction - 500 words - Image from Pinterest
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The Message in a Bottle
Part 11 - Flash fiction - 500 words - Image from Pixabay
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Dear Diary...
Part 12 - Flash fiction - 500 words - Image from Pixabay
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Who Do You Think You Are
Part 13 - Flash fiction - 500 words - Image from Pinterest
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A Foreign Country
Part 14- Flash fiction - 500 words - Image from Pixabay
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Hell Hath No Fury
Part 15- Flash fiction - 500 words - Image from Pixabay
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Dismay and Distress
Part 16- Re-written and re-titled - Flash fiction - 500 words - Image from Pixabay
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Re-visiting the Past
Part 17- Flash fiction - 850 words - Image from Pixabay
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Repentance and Redemption
Part 18- Flash fiction - 500 words - Image from Pixabay
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ESP
Part 19- Flash fiction - 500 words - Image from Pixabay
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Jessica's Summing Up
Final episode of Jessica's World - Flash Fiction - 500 words
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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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Incident in Portofino
Worrying about Jessica. (Flash fiction - 600 words - Picture: Wikimedia Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license)
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Top Secret
A close call. (Flash fiction -500 words).
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Being Positive
Jessica is back to base. (Flash fiction - 400 words).
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The Chalet At the Bottom of the Garden
4) Jessica's solution. (Flash fiction - 550 words).
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My Name Is Gideon
5) Fresh blood. (Flash fiction - 500 words.)
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The Long Wait
6) Jessica, bugs and pest controllers. (Flash fiction -1000 words)
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The Truth Emerges
7) The truth emerges, (Flash fiction - 500 w0rds),
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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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A Swallow's Nest
10) Ravens and swallows. (Flash fiction - 500 words)
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Digging a Hole
11) Gideon at a crossroads. (Flash fiction - 500 words).
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Do svidaniya
12) Good news, bad news and disastrous ones.(Flash fiction - 500 words).
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Déjà vu (all over again)
13) Jessica's debrief. (Flash fiction - 500 words)
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The Girl in the Astrakhan Hat
14) From Russia with love. (Flash fiction - 500 w0rds)
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The Die Is Cast
15) ... but Jessica hasn't crossed the Rubicon, yet. (Flash fiction - 500+ words)
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No Regrets
16) Je ne regret rien. (Flash fiction - 500 words)
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Changing Sides
17) A great coup. (Flash fiction - 500 words). This image (of a Russian defector) is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired.
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Jeremy's Dilemma
18) A prickly situation. (Flash fiction - 500 words)
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Ticking the Boxes
19) Gathering information. (Flash fiction - 500 words)
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The Photo Album
20) Our postman, Noddy, is usually punctual. (Flash fiction - 500 words)
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Toccata and Fugue
21)Touch and go. (Flash fiction - 500 words)
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Reappraisal
22) Past sins. (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 Stranger On Our Shores
24) Jessica has second thoughts. (Flash fiction - 500 words)
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The Son of the Holy Man
25) Jessica has news from abroad. (Flash fiction - 500 words)
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Piracy on the High Sea
Episode 26 of Jessica's World.
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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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Jessica's Life Journey (1) - Illusions and Realities
Decisions time. (Flash fiction - 600 words approx.)
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Jessica's Life Journey (2) - Eclipses and Superstitions
Image: CreativeCommons Attribution2.0 Generic license. Flash fiction - 400 words approx.
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Jessica's Life Journey (3) - Jeeps and Jealousy
Flash fiction - 450 words. Image from Pixabay
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Jessica's Life Journey (4) - Sowing the Seed
Flash fiction - 500 words approx. Image from Wikimedia Commons
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Jessica's Life Journey (5) - Mother's Memoirs
Flash fiction - 500 words approx. - Image from Pixabay
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Jessica's Life Journey (6) - Ghosts and Gumshoes
Flats fiction - 400 words approx. - Image from Dreamstime
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Jessica's Life Journey (7) - Sneakers and Hackers
...plus sleeping partners, - Flash fiction 400 words. Image from Pixabay.
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Jessica's Life Journey (8) - Laying the Foundations
Flash fiction 500 words.
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Jessica's Life Journey (9) - Forging Ahead
The First case.
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Jessica's Life Journey (10) - A Wedding Invitation
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
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Jessica's Life Journey (11) - A Brideless Groom
(Exited) - On the way to a wedding - Image from Wikimedia Commons
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Jessica's Life Journey (12) - Empty Benches
“You can't blame the poor girl”, said Uncle Jeremy sympathetically.
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Jessica's Life Journey (13) - Hot On the Trail
Flash fiction - 500 words. Image from Pixabay.
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Jessica's Life Journey (14) - Bodies of Evidence
Gathering evidence.
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Jessica's Life Journey (15) - Testing Times
A sisterly concern.
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Jessica's Life Journey (16) - The Apple of His Eyes
Image: Apple-of-My-Eye-by-Tom-Franz.jpg .. commons.wikimedia.org
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Jessica's Life Journey (17) - Goody Two-Shoes
Expect the unexpected.
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Jessica's Life Journey (18) - A Piece of Cake
None of his messages were encrypted and finding what I was looking for was a piece of cake.
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Jessica's Life Journey (19) - Seek and You Shall Find
Image from Pixabay
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Jessica's Life Journey (20) - An Island in the Sun
The ultimate destination.
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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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