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New York, New York. A helluva town. Cynthia and I were very nervous. We were walking past the vampires. We were terrified but we pretended to be joking and fooling around with each other. I tried to whistle. I tried to pretend that I wasn’t afraid. But I wasn’t making any sound. My mouth felt…
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New York City is a city that never sleeps. That’s not necessarily a good thing. We finally found a board that we could dislodge and we entered. A few feet away was a doorway. We walked through the doorway and started walking down a long hallway. It was dark at first but we kept walking.…
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It wasn’t the best of times or the worst of times, it was Halloween. And when I woke up in the afternoon, I nearly had a heart attack. I went into the kitchen and there was this monster standing there. It had three eyes, all on the left side of its face, and its skull…
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New York City has the greatest movie theatres in the world. And it was a great movie. A romantic comedy with a heartbeat and a funny bone. And the screen was at least 15 feet wide. And it had great audio and the theatre had motion seats. These are interactive seats that move and vibrate…
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At this time of the year, I usually have a great time checking out stores that sell costumes and other Halloween items. But this year is going to be different. It started out really strange. The last thing I want to see is someone dressed as a vampire. The Count asked, “Do you know if…
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New York’s Greenwich Village Halloween Parade shouts with excitement. Creativity; style; imagination; no other parade comes close. A youthful exuberance for life fuels it. It’s a powder keg of anticipation and excitement, and the parade ignites the fuse. And afterward the bars and clubs are lit up with the intoxicated masses. It’s ready to explode.…
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Halloween in New York starts with the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. That’s when the real partying begins. The parade starts around 7pm and stretches from Canal Street to 15th Street in Manhattan. I love it. It’s my favorite parade. Last year I went as a skeleton and my sister as a clown. It was fantastic.…
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Not every door is meant to be opened. Nor should you peek behind every curtain. During dinner I asked Jeffrey if I could borrow his new tennis racket. I wanted to try it out. Maybe I would play better. He told me that he lent it to Leon, and he has yet to return it. …
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In life I have suffered the slings and arrows of a thousand misfortunes… but combined, they paled, compared to this. I have been lied to; deceived; conned; betrayed. And no one that really lives life to the fullest and inhales it deeply will tell you otherwise.It comes with the territory. But even a battle-hardened warrior…
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Anyone can do well in a sprint, but you have to remember that life is a marathon. The doctor told me that for the first two days that I was in the hospital I was in a coma. I’ve now been here for three weeks. I’ve lost two fingers on my right hand and three…
Fictional stories by John Saccone 