View Dave Ventre's profile
<< Older posts
Veni, Vidi, Ego Erravi Male
Prompted By Words
/ Stories
A possibly life-altering relationship gone because of a single ill-chosen and misheard word.
Read More
Wise Children
Prompted By Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll
/ Stories
The desire and frustration built up
Read More
One Day on Broadway
Prompted By Pills
/ Stories
Later, she claimed that while she remembered being on Broadway, she had no idea why she had suddenly felt disconnected and isolated...
Read More
MOTHERF-
Prompted By Pain
/ Stories
There, we learn profanity before we learn of the adventures of Dick and Jane. Letting fly a string of curses when angry or hurt is to us as natural as breathing.
Read More
Will It Go ‘Round In Circles?
Prompted By Swimming
/ Stories
I was never a great swimmer, but I had the rudiments.
Read More
Well, a Snow Morning, At Any Rate…
Prompted By Snow Day
/ Stories
As luck would have it, big snowfalls have not had much of an impact upon my life. There was one snowy day that sticks in my memory, though. The story was originally written for the “Parking” prompt. Snowbound
Read More
Something Completely Different
Prompted By Comedy
/ Stories
I have been told that I have the soul of a Borscht Belt comedian.
Read More
024 Was NOT the Driver’s IQ, Thank You!
Prompted By My Car of Yesteryear
/ Stories
Something pretty funny did happen IN that car, though
Read More
No Going Back
Prompted By Turning Points
/ Stories
I experienced an epiphany, in the James Joycean sense.
Read More
You Do What You Can
Prompted By Favors
/ Stories
She had been taken to the ER after attempting suicide, and would be in there for some days. Would we take care of her dog?
Read More