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*Flash Fiction* “Call Me Tony”

“Call me Tony” “Your name is Charlie.”  “Yeah, I know but ‘Charles, Charlie, Chuck – they’re stupid names. So now I wanna be called “Tony.”  “Why?”  “It sounds cool.. Like I am Italian. And it’s the name John Travolta called himself in that Disco movie.”  “Disco movie? Is that why you’re dressed up in that…

By Charles R. Bucklin July 6, 2020 Off

“Bum Pitch”

“HEYYYYYBATTTTAHBATTTTAH SWINNNG!” A Greek chorus of high pitched voices from little kids urge me to swing. Swing at a leather grenade that soars sixty miles an hour directly towards my head.  I duck. STREEAAAIIIIKKKE ONE! yells the Umpire. A group of parents and fellow Cub teammates voice their outraged disapproval. “NOO! BOOO! THAT BALL ALMOST…

By Charles R. Bucklin May 25, 2020 Off