It's Day 22 of the Blogging from A to Z April 2015 Challenge
Beads of sweat glisten on his brow. All eyes focus on his hand as he raises it aloft, about to do what only he can do. Total silence.
The first, the second and third are launched and seek their target; flying toward their final destination they pierce the air with deadly accuracy.
The target met, the battle won. The assembled crowd salutes its hero.
'One hundred and eighty' yells the compere. There's nothing quite like a game of darts.
With no A-Z tomorrow I will be having a go at Sunday's Wirligig with a chiller called The Violinist.
I feel a silly poem coming on so Monday's offering is called If I was a Worm
I see what you did there:) Great flash fiction.
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DeleteAn interesting flash fiction story! I'm looking forward to "If I was a Worm"!
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Thanks Majanka -see you tomorrow!
Deleteto begin with it was quite grim, but last few words were the actual blast.great story
ReplyDeleteThe way I hoped it would read! Thanks so much.
DeleteI shiver at the thought of missiles but I laughed when I saw it was a game of darts. Nice
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Glad to have amused you in the end!
DeleteWhew! I thought I was witnessing the start of global nuclear war. Good twist.
ReplyDeleteThe atmosphere at some matches I've been to is almost as bad!
DeleteLove the 'twist' at the end of this one. And, don't ever put a dart in my hand and stand anywhere in front of me... ;-)
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed this immensely!
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Thanks Heather. They are lethal weapons in my hands too!
DeleteLol, that's true, even my 4 year old grandson loves darts ! (in form of plastic balls !)
ReplyDeleteYou had me worried at first!
DeleteWell done! I could not tell where that was going. And I love worms! They are so valuable. Thanks for visiting me on http://darlamsands.blogspot.com/, which is number 1209 on the A to Z challenge list today. Best wishes!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much. Looking forward to sharing a wiggle with you Monday!
DeleteAh... great twist. A game which I thoroughly rubbish at though!
ReplyDeleteAnnalisa, writing A-Z vignettes, at Wake Up, Eat, Write, Sleep
Me too. You need protective clothing on when I'm chucking arrows!
DeleteI wasn't sure until the last lines. Ha. Great story.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you liked it.
DeleteLOL. My husband and my sons play darts all the time. They all think they're the best. They probably would have known what was going on there before I did.
ReplyDeleteMost players think they are the best, not me though - I'm just dangerous!
DeleteThat was pretty intense until that final line. Gave me a chuckle.
ReplyDeleteHey that was a great twist at the end there! Great read - scary and then made me smile :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat twist! I thought they were going on some big mission :D
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