Welcome to The Blogging from A-Z Challenge April 2014! This year, I’m offering up a story – each one 100 words or fewer - for each letter of the alphabet.
Some are heartfelt, poignant, sweet. Others are…not.
I hope you enjoy them.
The bar’s neon sign reels her in. As small and shriveled as she is, the bartender never throws her back, throws her out. If he did, she’d drown in her life’s muck, a rusty hook threaded through her gaping mouth, her last wish not for air but for whiskey.
*****
RUSTY HOOK
The bar’s neon sign reels her in. As small and shriveled as she is, the bartender never throws her back, throws her out. If he did, she’d drown in her life’s muck, a rusty hook threaded through her gaping mouth, her last wish not for air but for whiskey.
*****
A whiskey drinking fish!
ReplyDeleteOh this is another disturbing one. Amazing metaphor.
ReplyDeletePoignant and tragic.
ReplyDeleteSophie
Sophie's Thoughts & Fumbles - A to Z Ghosts
Fantasy Boys XXX - A to Z Drabblerotic
Alex - not quite…. :)
ReplyDeleteJulie, Sophie - thank you!
Really beautiful. Like Julie said, an amazing metaphor.
ReplyDeleteGreat piece.
ReplyDeleteYou are the 3rd person I've met during the challenge who is also doing 100 pieces like I am. =D
~Patricia Lynne~
Story Dam
Patricia Lynne, YA Author
MJ - thank you so much!
ReplyDeletePatricia - they're so fun to write, aren't they? And I hope they're also fun to read. :)
Great image with your words. Look forward to your next stories :-) Bonjour from your new follower in France http://detoutcoeurlimousin.blogspot.fr/
ReplyDeleteOutstanding. I love your work, and I don't know how you can do it in 100 or fewer words. That's amazing.
ReplyDeleteDeb@ http://debioneille.blogspot.com
Ouch. I think I've some patrons of bars like her.
ReplyDeleteDetoutcoeur, Debi - thank you very much!
ReplyDeleteSusan - yikes!
Powerful!
ReplyDeletePrecious Monsters
So much impact from so few words - very well done! I'll have to keep this theme in mind for next year! Writing micro stories seems like a definite challenge!
ReplyDeleteJolie - thanks!
ReplyDeleteDawn - it's definitely a challenge. I'm still working on some stories for the end of the alphabet. Eek!
Beautiful use of the analogy and so sad to see her state.
ReplyDeleteTasha
Tasha's Thinkings - AtoZ (Vampires)
FB3X - AtoZ (Erotic Drabbles)
Tasha - thank you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a state she was in, yet how kind was the bartender. Man. You have some serious skills.
ReplyDeleteSusan - thank you!
ReplyDeleteThat is powerful.
ReplyDeleteSuzi - thank you!
ReplyDeleteAnother good one!
ReplyDeleteI can picture the bar AND the woman...hooked me!
ReplyDeleteDonna B. McNicol
A to Z Participant
Donna - ha! I'm glad. :)
ReplyDeleteSeriously Madeline- you are BLOWING ME AWAY with these! Each one is so astoundingly powerful I have to read it twice.
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