310-word post, or “Rejected Twilight Zone Story Pitch, 1961”
The place is Easy Convenient, a little store in Little Italy. We find ERNESTO “ERNIE” CAPICHE, a little Italian teenager sweeping the floor. A few months ago, Ernie quit school, telling his parents it was a waste of his time. “Maybe so,” they said in unison, as they always did, in the Italian way. “But … Read more