| General Fiction posted August 17, 2013 |
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If at first you don't succeed...
Karma
by Janilou
My heart stopped beating the exact same minute I took a drink. Now I'm floating by the dumpster, fuming mad. My prize bottle top collection sits here, waiting for tomorrow's garbage pickup and my body's hardly cold.
Knocking the bucket over, I roll the bottle caps across the driveway to spell "Murderer." The jury's still out on that one. I say it's Maude's fault. She handed me that damn apple, and I choked trying to wash it down.
Maude is coming outside, carrying something small and black. With a blood-curdling scream, she drops it. Now she's scooping up bottle tops and hurling them into the dumpster.
I'd die laughing, if I wasn't, well ... you know.
Ah, there's the tunnel of light and the angels. I'm heading towards it -- I know the drill. This is my second reincarnation. I'll admit I made a lousy husband to Maude the first time around, but I sure hope I don't have to come back as her pet crow again. Although, I kinda enjoyed being able to peck her when she got on my nerves.
"What's that, Mr. Angel? It's not my time? Whatcha mean I didn't learn anything yet?"
I watch, horrified, as the small black body on the ground gasps.
Aw, crap. Crap! Caw! CAW!
200 Word Flash Fiction writing prompt entry
My heart stopped beating the exact same minute I took a drink. Now I'm floating by the dumpster, fuming mad. My prize bottle top collection sits here, waiting for tomorrow's garbage pickup and my body's hardly cold.
Knocking the bucket over, I roll the bottle caps across the driveway to spell "Murderer." The jury's still out on that one. I say it's Maude's fault. She handed me that damn apple, and I choked trying to wash it down.
Maude is coming outside, carrying something small and black. With a blood-curdling scream, she drops it. Now she's scooping up bottle tops and hurling them into the dumpster.
I'd die laughing, if I wasn't, well ... you know.
Ah, there's the tunnel of light and the angels. I'm heading towards it -- I know the drill. This is my second reincarnation. I'll admit I made a lousy husband to Maude the first time around, but I sure hope I don't have to come back as her pet crow again. Although, I kinda enjoyed being able to peck her when she got on my nerves.
"What's that, Mr. Angel? It's not my time? Whatcha mean I didn't learn anything yet?"
I watch, horrified, as the small black body on the ground gasps.
Aw, crap. Crap! Caw! CAW!
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Writing Prompt Write a story that is between 200 - 210 words. The trick is you must use the following words: laughter, heart, minute, jury, drink, garbage. Words may be used in different formats (for example: drink, drinking, drank) |
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Write a story that is between 200 - 210 words. The trick is you must use the following words: laughter, heart, minute, jury, drink, garbage. Words may be used in different formats (for example: drink, drinking, drank)
Laughter = laughing -- as per the contest rules. All other words used in their original form.
210 words.
Pays
one point
and 2 member cents. Laughter = laughing -- as per the contest rules. All other words used in their original form.
210 words.
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