Robert Firpo-Cappiello
Short Stories
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What Are You Supposed to Be?
In this flash fiction, eight-year-old Bobby’s epic Halloween costume fail sets off a chain reaction of unexpected consequences. READ
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Miracle Missiles
A coming-of-age story involving a Cold War-themed breakfast cereal, an attack on a neighbor’s dollhouse, and an underfed pet turtle named Doctor Smith. READ
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There's Barf in the Pool
A trashcan-Kierkegaard meditation on impermanence. READ
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Rag Doll Heart
A darkly comic interrogation of consumerism and toxic masculinity. READ
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Love, Blood & Handball
A pre-teen rom-com set on the streets of a working-class Catholic neighborhood at the height of the Cold War. READ
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YouTube!
Robert performs his short stories and songs on his YouTube channel, “Festa: Songs & Stories.” WATCH NOW!
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The lyrics to Robert’s song “Screamin’” (from his novella “Beggars Rain”) are featured in RED HEADED WRITING: An Anthology of Grit Lit Incited by the Music & Lyrics of Willie Nelson, edited by Adam Van Winkle, from Cowboy Jamboree Press ($13.99).
Robert performs a high-energy set of his original “cabaret punk” songs in NYC venues including Freddy’s Bar, Rockwood Music Hall, Dixon Place, and Spark Theatre Festival. LISTEN NOW!