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Recent Entries

  • “Twenty-Five Cents” my new story on masticadoresindia May 19, 2023
  • “Leaving the big four” live on masticadoresindia April 29, 2023
  • My new poem “heaven” on Masticadoresusa April 22, 2023
  • My poem “Sands of Our Glass” on MasticadoresIndia April 20, 2023
  • Live on masticadoresindia – Full of Treasures April 11, 2023

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“Twenty-Five Cents” my new story on masticadoresindia

Long John Silvers was one of my first jobs in high school.  Riding my bike on Saturday, hungry, smelly, and with jeans that hugged my thin frame to the point of being naughty, I went inside.  The sign on the door said, “Help Needed.”    All the high schoolers went there to eat lunch because it […]

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My New Short Story “Last of Her Kind” now live on MasticadoresIndia

My leather dress clung tight to tired, wet skin.  At almost seven-foot-tall, I was a woman that obtained attention around humans far too quickly.  Thin, my shoulder blades stuck through just below my long, cylindrical neck.  It will be my last visit to say goodbye to a family of humans called the Simons. Every year […]

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“Freezer burn” live on MasticadoresIndia

Freezer Burn by Joni Caggiano Snow had fallen for five days in a row, and we were no longer allowed outside.  Yet, my hateful sisters, Ruth and Elizabeth, somehow obtained mom’s approval to drive to the deli right up the street.  Mom gave them money for sandwiches and hot cocoa.  They both stuck their tongues […]

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“Special Delivery” Now Live On MasticadoresIndia

The giblets of a turkey never got me worked up. Thoughts of stuffing, long-necked turkey soup, or even giblet gravy didn’t dance in my head.  Instead, my mouth would water when Mama breaded and fried up those turkey gizzards, yummy! Our menu included lots of small lobster tails with the usual seafood trimmings.  Sides included […]

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My New Short Story, “Death of a Stranger,” Live On MasticadoresIndia

Hearing the rush of nurses heading toward the ICU, I followed the herd.  My youthful intuition was kicking in as an eerie sense of suffocation and dread encircled me.  I suddenly felt like a child waking from a nightmare.   I was already on edge since yesterday having been informed that three nurses were raped in […]

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