Sheds

A tattered and broken lawn chair sits atop boxes of—What? A dusty suit-bag hangs toward the back, purposely hidden in a corner. Objects hold memories; some worthily preserved, others advisably disposed. The Triolo siblings obsessively follow their family’s hoarding traditions. They build sheds. It is part of their DNA. They fail to realize that saving was a necessity and a virtue for their ancestors, but obsessive storing becomes a burden and a curse to them. Sheds is a story of secrets hidden away in damp, musty cubicles. It is a tale of shanty vaults that hold possessions that in all reality end up possessing the holders.

Author Biography

I am Joseph L. Cacibauda living in Ajijic, Mexico with my wife Sue. I have written five books, two published by Legas Press, New York, After Laughing Comes Crying and Not For Self and three published on Amazon about musicians. I have written for the Sons and Daughters of Italy magazine, Italian America, the Arba Sicula Sicilian Society’s Journal, Sicilian Dawn and its magazine, Sicilia Para, as well as contributed book reviews to online blogs and magazines. My work is included in two collections of stories by Italian writers, Ameri-Sicula: Sicilian Culture in America, Legas Press, New York; and A Feast of Narrative, IdeaPress, Virginia. My latest book is Garlic Cloves and Red Underwear: Origins of Familiar Italian Customs and Admonitions, IdeaPress, Virginia