Thursday, June 09, 2016

Six Sentence Stories

Posted Thursday June 9

A story in six sentences featuring the cue word 'long'

With a boring job, wearisome workmates, dreary so-called friends and a lackluster social life, each long day was as boring as the last.

There was only one thing for it, a total change of image and there was only one place to find it, London’s trendiest market in Camden Town!

Fashionable clothes, fabulous shoes, wigs to conceal the bald patch on his head, every look, every style, everything he longed for, and one hour later the transformation was complete.

That night, whilst sitting on a high stool at a glitzy chrome and glass bar, heads turned.

The bathrooms were on the opposite side of the room, a perfect chance to take the long route between the tables of diners and show off the new look to a cool and fashionable audience

Then a moment of indecision, the ladies room or the men’s?



This is my first visit to Six Sentence Storiesa prompt site which came highly recommended!

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23 comments:

  1. AWESOME!Totally caught me off guard in my own assumptions! Well done! Thanks for joining in! Ivy

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    1. Thanks Ivy. I'm so pleased someone told me about SSS. Looks like you are stuck with me now!

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  2. Excellent set up, great ending!

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    1. Nick, good to see you back! glad you liked it.

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    1. Cheers Paul - I think I'm going to like it here!

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    2. This is one of the best things I've done to improve my writing and my critical thinking in years. God bless Ivy Waller

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  5. Hi Keith - great title and thus story line ... fun and we need to think more and be prepared ... cheers Hilary

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  6. I suppose that depended on the urge to sit or stand??? ;-) Well worked! Bald patch and all!! :D
    AJ at Ouch My Back Hurts

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    1. I wish there was an alternative to lol, but there isn't. So I really did lol when I read your comment Aj!

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  7. Great post! I didn't see that coming. :)

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  8. l(fricken)ol
    very nicely done*

    * no, really, I did laugh out loud, luckily I was in my office and no one heard me (I think)

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    1. Hehe! I'd delighted I was able to provide you with a chuckle!

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  9. Hi. I loved the ending - so apropos in today's world.

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  10. Yes that was a great laugh Keith!

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  11. Great surprise ending. I must say I'm thankful to be comfortable in my own skin. :) Just wish there were less of me these days.

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