55 Word Stories x 2
In brief, to loosen up the cruft
Stories in the Tiny Worlds Sketchbook are like a pencil sketch with words; loose, unrefined and not wholly a thing. But I like them and think there’s something here you might like, too.
#1
Walter and Bennet stood back to back, weapons poised.
"Twenty paces?" Walter asked.
Leather squeaked. Muscles tensed.
"As agreed," Bennet replied, inhaling deeply.
Onlookers gawked from a safe distance, the dewy meadow silent but for two.
Honor was to be restored; the day of reckoning had arrived.
Accordions At Dawn!
#2
"Hush," she said, watching.
He blinked, sweat coming, lie detector bleeping.
“I - I ...” his voice trailed off.
The lines swayed in the wrong direction.
A collective gasp.
Not a clink, not a fork moved. The restaurant was still.
Her expression neutral, then reversing, gears grinding.
She closed the machine.
Three minutes in, a record.
There would be no second date.
I found both of these stories to be surprising and entertaining. #1 - I've heard of dueling banjos, now dueling accordions. Who chooses the songs? #2 - Tough date! Most men fib a bit to make an impression, don't ya know?
Beautiful "twisties" Even Simone Biles couldn't have done better!!