Asian Handicap

 

 

Al finally admitted his gambling problem when the plane engine caught fire and he texted his bookie for the best long odds on surviving.

 

 

 

Random Word: Croupier

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Dear Fatty - Dawn French (2008)

 

 

Epistolary biography with strong depiction of her comedy roots. Puzzling thankful account of Lenny( Marriage ends months later-hmm.) But powerful accounts of two fathers tragic deaths – her own and a boyfriend’s. Also interesting was reading the sheer haphazardness of her career start and the direction it could have gone.

: Good - read it again and loan it out or give to friends when shelves full.

 

 

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Thinking is the enemy of creativity.

‘I’m sorry but it’s too representational.’ The cloud scene had bothered him all morning.  ‘I wanted authenticity.’

The artist glared, and then went to the Director’s car, which he smashed through the wall, creating a sky view. Staggering out, he said, ‘I’m calling it Cloudburst, is that bloody authentic enough.’

 Random Word: Director

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Six Word Saturday#23

Describing your Saturday life or thoughts on Show My Face at the moment of writing in a phrase using just six words.

A first always means a last**

Trying to give my elderly in-laws a last chance to stay at their beloved seaside flat.  He has had a stroke and so is now confused and unable to speak and she is severely senile. They need 24 hour care so I'm typing this as I watch over them on their morning snooze. My wife has snook out for a well deserved swim to clear her head. When they leave here it's to a nursing home and the end of an era for them.

A first always leads to a last

Al was on holiday and bored so an old man shouting in real time, 'Christ was the saviour,' was an earthsave. He cast Pel, his best cyber friend, 'It was like he talked Martian.'

Pel, in his second year of Solar Languages, laughed and said, 'No, he's talking archaic Amerikon.

Random Word: Trends

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Do not go gently into the night

Visit Mr.Knowitall to post your own Friday Flash 55 word story or poem!

I watched him wake up - the anger in the cover thrown back, and the stabbing hand trying to find spectacles - before he even spoke.

‘You again?’

‘Your family are waiting for you.‘

‘Baloney, they’re a bunch of losers.’

I rested my scythe on the bed and sat down. The morning ritual had begun.

 Random word: awake

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Do not go gently into the night

What do you think of the infidel question?

The castle was dark,no flames flickered by gate or arch. The knights hesitated until one said, ‘Are you sure they said, drinks at eight?’

Random Words: Drinks