Verdi, Glenn – FIVE SOUTH

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Glenn Verdi is a writer who lives in New Mexico. He received an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Regis University. His work has appeared in Cobalt Review.

Fiction

Tickets 1981 by Glenn Verdi

May 24, 2022

Ted is portly, twenty-six, and uncomfortable in an old blue blazer, gold and blue striped tie and gray dress slacks.

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