The Never Ending Story of The Snow
This story is part of the literary competition created by In Trieste magazine “Winter in Trieste” which was open to all writers living in...
That Was Then – This Is Now
This story is part of the literary competition created by In Trieste magazine “Winter in Trieste” which was open to all writers living in...
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This story is part of the literary competition created by In Trieste magazine “Winter in Trieste” which was open to all writers living in...
An Interview With Myself
by Rita Siligato
Q: You are writing many short stories about Redenta. Is she a fictional character?
A: She is a real person, a distant relative...
Hug Room, 2021
by Rita Siligato
She is dressing up for her sister, in a red linen dress with matching sandals. Ondina has been in a retirement home...
Easter, 1960 circa
by Rita Siligato
“Redenta! Have you set the table already?”
Mama was terrible, as far as the religious holidays were concerned.
She wasn’t a practicing Catholic: she went...
Trieste – Liverpool, the 80’s
by Rita Siligato
The telephone rang: Christmas eve, nearly six in the afternoon. Redenta was cooking lasagna; she rinsed her hands before answering, taking her...
Mr Please
by Rita Siligato
She is sitting up in bed with a book. There is no one else at home. She has not heard the alarm,...
Another Difficult Decision
by Rita Siligato
Seven o’clock in the morning: in the dark, Redenta hears the familiar chimes of the City Hall clock and the buzzing of...
Via Commerciale in the ’60
by Rita Siligato
Back then, everyone walked a lot. On a Sunday, when the men were at home off from work – “Why the men?”,...
