Stories tagged “fifties”
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The Man in the Hat
“The garbage they hang on reels these days.” He stepped out of the Colossus, tossing an empty bag of popcorn and Coke bottle into a nearby trash. The movie house was so big that it cast a shadow of its façade onto the pavement, like Helios looking...
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The Dame and the Suit
He started walking home, but stopped dead in his tracks when something caught his eye. Peering beyond the glowing red embers he noticed an individual which seemed to draw his particular interest: tall, slender and fair, she had a curly mop of dark brow...
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The Hat and the Dame
Their shifting glances told him he had succeeded, and it resulted in a chuckle of slightly greater humor this time. Adjusting the course of his steps he approached them, tossing away the cigarette even though he’d only smoked his way through half of ...