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SECOND ANNUAL SHOCK-O-RAMA SHOW (another hundred-word challenge)
… A PRE-HALLOWEEN TREAT PLUCKED FROM MY BAG O’ BOOTY ….
A TRIUMPHANT MARLEY CHANSON casts the net of his soiled grin upon each of the waiting contestants, thinking, a bold, riveting presentation, Marley—a winner. Out of the opposing chair, “Squeaky” tumbles to her crown; her revolver, sliding from her lap, clatters beneath her. Beside Marley, Leslie—the next to perform—rises on wobbly legs, then spews a technicolor spiral, painting Chirpie’s open-doored cage, and spattering Marley’s left shoe and cuff. THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS seethes. “Excessive Shockery!” He jerks Marley from his chair, avoiding his still-sticky fingers, and escorts him to the exit. MARLEY SWALLOWS BACK rising feathers and their coppery effluvia.
6 thoughts on “SECOND ANNUAL SHOCK-O-RAMA SHOW (another hundred-word challenge)”
You leave me depressingly daft, not knowing how or where to start! Your intellect scares me at times, jolly Jay, and I worry for your sanity! Did Marley eat the ‘durn’ bird? 🙂
Yes, Marley Chanson (which is a little syllable reversal on the name), indeed ate the bird. And I’m glad you got the vicarious taste of it. Don’t worry about my sanity. I haven’t experienced that in years, LOL.
You leave me depressingly daft, not knowing how or where to start! Your intellect scares me at times, jolly Jay, and I worry for your sanity! Did Marley eat the ‘durn’ bird? 🙂
Yes, Marley Chanson (which is a little syllable reversal on the name), indeed ate the bird. And I’m glad you got the vicarious taste of it. Don’t worry about my sanity. I haven’t experienced that in years, LOL.
Thanks, Debbie. It’s the first time for this flash fiction piece. But there’ve been others.
Great, Jay. I think I read the first one last year? A lot said in so few words~Debbie
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Happy you stopped by and thrilled by your comment! Happy New Year!