The Waiting Room
The first lines from my short story first published in Fat Cat Magazine. Peter counted one hundred and twenty-one steps from the entrance to the director’s office. A couple less…
Slawka G. Scarso
Short stories, poems and the odd travel note // Racconti, poesie, e qualche appunto di viaggio
Italian Summer Drama With Open Windows
My short story featured in Street Cake Magazine – issue 71, part 2. 6 a.m. – The song of blackbirds and robins announcing the break of day.7 a.m. – The…
The Shape of Your Head
My short story featured in EllipsisZine. There’s a gap in my memory of that morning, and it ends in front of our house not long after sunrise. I have no…
The Life Cycle of a Cucumber
First published in Constellate Magazine. Seed People think birth is romantic. Nature is romantic. Truth is, someone spat you last year, during a barbeque party. You were part of a…
The First Man on the Moon
This flash first appeared in Spelk Magazine in April 2018. Tom came up with the idea the summer he decided he’d be a filmmaker. He was fourteen then and so…
Like Making Bread
My flash piece featured in EllipsisZine. She hated dusk now. She could cope with the rest of the day. She was doing great, in fact, all things considered. Even at…
