If you were reading here at the beginning of the month, or maybe it was the end of last one, I mentioned that I was doing a story post a day for May over at my much neglected blog Story Dump. As part of the idea of that was to try and get a couple of stories written myself, one thing has led to another and I currently have a story up at Jack Bates' Flash Jab Fiction. Jack's been offering story challenges there for awhile, often with very intriguing photographs, but this time, he gave us a bit more free rein. If you'd like to check out the story I came up with from my own Day 7 word prompt, you can find it right here .
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Barbra Streisand performs "Happy Days Are Here Again" on The Garry Moore
Show, 5/29/62:
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Jack Yellen's 1929 lyrics:
So long sad times
Go long bad times
We are rid of you at last
Howdy gay times
Cloudy gray times
You are now a thing of t...
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I REALLY liked this--amazing how much can be felt in such a short amount of words. Thanks Seana.
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Thanks, S.
ReplyDeleteGreat story! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThanks for buzzing on over there to take a look, Kathleen.
ReplyDeleteI love the instant turn around in the story. Totally unexpected. Kind of ironic that the boy's name is Trig.
ReplyDeleteThanks Seana!
Julie, I think that the name Trig probably generated the story somehow. I don't really know how this stuff happens. But thanks for reading it!
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