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REFLECTING

I’ll keep this short. I tried the longer version, the one with all the details, the minute-by-minute account, but it proved a frustrating waste of time, and I ended up talking to myself in an empty room.Maybe I should’ve remained the devout skeptic I’d been since birth. Yet, what I saw, I saw. I’m not crazy. I didn’t drink. Not then. I don’t toy with drugs that might’ve altered my mind to seeing what wasn’t there. How could I deny what I witnessed?The dresser and the mirror in the attic. In my…See More

Jan 17

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Salvatore Buttaci commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post SO AS NOT TO CRY

"Thanks, Jeanette and Jessica."

Jun 10, 2011

Salvatore Buttaci commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post SO AS NOT TO CRY

"I am pleased that this story was featured! Now I just have to figure out how to get messages from ThinkingTen to my new e-mail SalvatoreButtaci@aol.com."

Jun 8, 2011

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SO AS NOT TO CRY

A mother hides the last letter from her son. She puts it in a drawer beneath his last photograph where he’s dressed in his uniform and if you could believe his face, his smile, you would swear that handsome son could never die. Although sometimes she thinks that he is walking in the kitchen or he calls her name from the door, what does she have? Only two memories and she saves them forever hidden in a chest of drawers. At this place the mother prays as if It were a shrine without candles or…See More

Jun 5, 2011

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Salvatore Buttaci commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post WE ALL ATE THERE

"Thanks for your comment, Travis."

May 25, 2011

Salvatore Buttaci commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post WE ALL ATE THERE

"I am honored that this story is featured! I carry so many delightful memories of my teaching years. Is this why "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" is a favorite novel and film of mine?"

May 24, 2011

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WE ALL ATE THERE

My students sat mesmerized as I recounted one of my childhood stories. It seemed to calm them down when they got overly rambunctious and teaching an actual lesson seemed a waste of time and breath. So what I would do was weave into the lesson a childhood memory. For example, teaching a grammar lesson on the dangling participle, I said, “When I was four, my older brother Alphonse dangled me by the wrists over the cemetery wall next to our house, threatening to drop me into the waiting arms of…See More

May 23, 2011

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alisa rynay haller commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post CASUALTY

"I feel your pain. alisa@accesswest.com if that helps."

May 23, 2011

alisa rynay haller commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post A DEAL'S A DEAL

"oh I believe in them all my friend, unfortunately, none of them offered contracts!"

May 23, 2011

Salvatore Buttaci commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post CASUALTY

"Thanks, Alisa. As soon as I can back on here with my new e-mail and password I will try to write and read more at this fine site. A hacker destroyed my yahoo address. I don't even have a single address in my directory. They were all deleted,…"

May 22, 2011

Salvatore Buttaci commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post A DEAL'S A DEAL

"Just because a good number of people do not believe in Hell or demons, it doesn't mean Hell and demons don't exist!"

May 22, 2011

Salvatore Buttaci commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post NAME OF THE GAME

"Thanks, Alisa!"

May 22, 2011

alisa rynay haller commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post NAME OF THE GAME

"love the narrative...perfect dialect and accent for this character."

May 21, 2011

alisa rynay haller commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post CASUALTY

"holy hell this was deep. Sad, beautifully written, speaks volumes in 3 sentences. wow."

May 21, 2011

Salvatore Buttaci commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post THE PONTCHARTRAIN

"I am so happy to see this flash of mine featured! It is one of the 200 that made it to my flash collection just released by All Things That Matter Press and available at Amazon.com: 200 SHORTS."

May 12, 2011

Salvatore Buttaci commented on Salvatore Buttaci's blog post MIDDLE-OF-THE-NIGHT DELIVERY

"Kerry, he used a knife and fork!"

May 8, 2011

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Favorite Work of Fiction?: Nobody's Boy by Hector Mallot

Favorite Author?: William Goldman

Favorite Quote?: If God is with me, who can be against me?

About Me: A retired teacher addicted to the written word, I spend my time everyday writing poems, stories, plays, articles, and letters and submitting them for publication.

I live in West Virginia with the love of my life, my wife Sharon.

Website/Blog: http://salvatorebuttaci.wordpress.com

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MIDDLE-OF-THE-NIGHT DELIVERY

“What do I do now with these pizzas bin Laden ordered?”

Aslam the Pizza man stands at the compound door, thumping his sandaled left foot to unheard music. Behind him assemble the Abbottabad crowd. They have heard about Osama bin Laden’s demise and have come to ogle for themselves this now empty hideaway fortress they previously thought was an abandoned school for unwed mothers.

One of them, an undertaker and part-time gravedigger from downtown, stands behind Aslam,…

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Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:30am — 8 Comments

THIS FRIDAY'S PROMPT

Begin your flash with the following:

"What am I to do now with these pizzas bin Laden ordered?"

Posted on May 4, 2011 at 12:08pm — 3 Comments

BILL

Homeless Bill. It broke our hearts to see him rummaging the garbage hopper behind Burger King for thrown-away, uneaten, left-behind scraps of buns, some fries, small chunks of beef.

We’d drive by and there he’d be, dragging an ulcerated leg of festering sores, a makeshift cane in one hand, while the other hand clutched tightly at his throat the collar of his torn green flannel shirt.

One early winter evening at a red light, I turned…

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Posted on October 31, 2010 at 5:41am — 2 Comments

RASH

How long’s it take to have a baby? Carlos wondered. No news yet and he’d been sitting in St. Clara’s waiting room close to six hours. During each of those hours, he had watched new fathers come and go. Come on, Jacinta. My bony ass is numb on this wooden chair. Show me the baby!

Then one more hour slipped by. Carlos had enough caffeine in him from coffee and soda pop he figured the baby would have no trouble keeping him up into…

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Posted on October 31, 2010 at 5:25am — 4 Comments

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At 1:53pm on August 31, 2010, alisa rynay haller said…: Oh you know I am a sucker for flattery! Now if I could just get over my writer's block for today's prompt...ok, maybe that's what the piece will be on.

At 7:33am on August 31, 2010, alisa rynay haller said…: actually I'm not big on the "friend" thing but you have a filter on your profile that only allows friends to send you messages. I wanted to tell you that I read the side piece you mentioned and now I feel horrible, I don't think I follow any of the basic rules of flash! But good to have you on board!

At 4:34pm on August 11, 2010, Bill Lapham said…: Thank you, Sal.

At 8:26am on June 28, 2010, JM Prescott said…: Thank you for your comment on Anna Marie, I liked that line to when I wrote it. Cheers.

At 5:04pm on April 6, 2010, A Touch of Gray said…: Welcome Sal, a heroic entrance, proving that a writer in distress commands the attention of the masses. Looking forward to your first flash.

At 4:37pm on April 5, 2010, Travis Smith said…: The photo addition acted funny for me as well - the site is very specific about the format and it will not show the picture (even as a preview) until you save changes to your page. Then it took a minute or two for it to update on mine page after that.

Hopefully that helped some, if not, we'll have to wait for Blake to check in.