It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

(Cartoon stolen from this site)

It was a dark and stormy night.

That's it; dark and stormy, no drama. Other than the awards show on television, that is. Fake tension, fake tatas, fake bake.  Hell, I'll bet even the gold statuette is fake!

GAHH how she wanted one.

KABOOM, the thunder.  Thunder -- in February? Not likely . . . no, it was just the hammering of her fist against the warm television. Oh.  In retrospect, not a good idea, since it was made of glass and plastic and . . . out of warranty and all.

Crap.  Plus, she missed the Best Picture of a New Artist award.  And then the electricity blinked out.

It was a dark and stormy night.

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I do NOT write fiction, and it's obvious why.  But, since I don't watch awards shows, this is the closest I get.  But if you have a hankering to write fiction? PLEASE go visit San Diego Momma on Tuesdays for her wonderful PrompTuesday series.  She gives you a topic, or -- in this case -- an opening sentence.  You write it in ten minutes or so, keeping it short and sweet.  Or, in my case, short.

Also?  She's a heckuva lot of fun.  And anyone who let's me write the tripe I write?

AWESOME.

Comments

[Mantel Man]

I'm witcha - I have no gift for fiction either.

However, real life is often more entertaining, if you observe it the right way - and you do.

[Ellie]

You know what's a great drink? Dark and Stormys. Yum.

And I love your stuff! Fiction or non.

[blognut]

Just catching up on the week's comments. Thanks for coming by to check on PROMPTuesday- didn't mean to get you all worked up!

I love your post!

[Kathi D]

I like it! And you made me do it, too.

[g]

I like this. What a nice twist at the end! You're good!

[wrekehavoc]

pfft. you are a writer. period.

[San Diego Momma]

What you talkin' 'bout, Foolery?

You are so a writer -- fiction and otherwise.

I've always wanted you to do a PROMPT b/c you've got such a great voice and I was NOT disappointed.

Good stuff, my caramelly friend. good stuff.

[Bob Cleveland]

I don't know what you're gripin' about. Your story is better than a lot of TV.

BUT ... it's February and we had a thunderstorm overnight.

FWIW: I gotta send you a pic of our mailbox. Snoopy is atop it........

[Chesapeake Bay Woman]

I don't write fiction either, except when I'm at work talking about the status of all my projects.

I think you'd be a great fiction writer, and in fact you must be, because isn't that what all advertising is...fiction?

I'm still thinking about caramel, thank you very much, and it's 6:00 a.m. here, 24 hours after I read yesterday's post.