I am so excited to be in the company of many wonderful writers in this first anthology of flash fiction by Rough Writers at the Carrot Ranch. Geoff Le Pard is one of those writers and kicks off the promotional Around the World Blog tour. Hop on board to meet others of the talented writers and find out to purchase your own copy of the book.
In my fourth ever post I tried my hand at flash fiction for the first time. This…
Dogged
Harry dropped his gaze to avoid looking at Sally. No point; she didn’t know he existed. He looked at the dog.
Milton looked back; he scratched his ear before lowering himself into a squat.
“No. Christ. Not here.”
Milton held Harry’s gaze as he shat on the pavement.
“Great” Harry stared at the sticky turd. He patted his pocket. No bags.
Harry glanced up, wondering if he could leave it. To his horror, Sally was a few paces away. She held out her crisp packet. “Here.”
“What?”
“For that.”
As Harry cleared up, Sally rubbed Milton’s head. “Cute dog.”
99 words, inspired by Charli Mills over at her Carrot Ranch. When I look at it, I’m struck by the following:
- there’s poo
- there’s a certain attempt at humour
- ditto cuteness
- but it’s…
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Fabulous lineup Norah! 🙂
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It is, Debby, isn’t it! 🙂 Thank you.
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