Sauro Motel - The Collected Writings of Bobby Sauro.

Ah, the Dunk ‘N Dine.

Or, to some, the Dine ‘N Dunk. (Once you got that in your head, there was no reversing it.)

Many Atlantans have spent a late night there fueling up on DND’s coffee, also known as Legal … Continue reading »

My dad always bragged about Newark’s Branch Brook Park and the great fun he had growing up in The First Ward after the war. There were many stories we tried to call him out on as kids but one he repeated involved a man who had mounted three metal drawers full of sweet potatoes on a cart and sold them … Continue reading »

Sam’s replacement in the foxhole at Omaha Beach swallowed a shrapnel sandwich. Years of shenanigans followed.

Sam married a model. Elsewhere, they were manufacturing better ones.

Her Dreamcatcher hung from the rearview mirror of Sam’s Mustang long after she deserted him.

At the VA Hospital, Sam became paralyzed while snowflakes that glittered like crystals dissipated outside.

Sam lent the Mustang to an acquaintance who … Continue reading »

The Canal

I have a new story called “Gowanus, Brooklyn” in the Fall 2011 issue of Corium Magazine. Please click on the first link for my story.

I learned a lot working with Editor Lauren Becker on this story. … Continue reading »

I have a new story up at Red Fez called “Jersey Shore.”  It’s not about Snooki and the Gang but two average guys looking for their future wives at the boardwalk on a day when a Quicksand Warning is in effect.  Thanks to the editors at Red Fez.  You can check it out here.   Jersey Shore

So my story “Athena Barabbas” which appeared in the November 2010 edition of Burnt Bridge was recently nominated by Burnt Bridge for an award.  In the story, Athena auctions off her boyfriend to a room of imaginary women who … Continue reading »

For our second installment of the Greatest Song of All Time, we have an Old School Face-off.  It’s Jackson Browne’s 1974 classic, Fountain of Sorrow (no relation) versus the Heat Miser’s eponymous ditty…. Continue reading »

My story “Athena Barrabas” is up now at Burnt Bridge along with works from Divya Rajan, Adam Million, Ricky Garni and Gary Carter. If you’re interested in puppet shows, Jim Croce, cannoli, or Catholic imagery, check it out.

http://burntbridge.net/magazine/online-edition/november-2010/bobby-sauro/

Old motels and theatres…

Guy with No Country For Old Men Hair Grabbed and Twisted My Neck When I asked What Time Turn … Continue reading »

I picked up the book Big World by Mary Miller at the Hobart table at AWP in Denver several weeks ago.  The book is a cool six by four inches small, like the size of a Dick Tracy book you had as a kid.  It’s actually a … Continue reading »