tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post8976816280922362830..comments2022-04-13T07:49:22.084-04:00Comments on Jim's Fiction: Flash fiction and Short stories.: Another Twofer (50-55 words stories)Jim Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467182228068339233noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-26780811481695842442012-11-18T11:03:49.875-05:002012-11-18T11:03:49.875-05:00Sounds like a cool idea Jim.Sounds like a cool idea Jim.Graham Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561493204302079903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-10568827509241358912012-11-16T03:18:35.688-05:002012-11-16T03:18:35.688-05:00Chris! Good to see you here, man. You can pack eno...Chris! Good to see you here, man. You can pack enough irony in a single sentence to light up industrial electromagnets in a six state area. Cool.AJ Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765836513403665199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-6836253142471826672012-11-16T02:46:42.547-05:002012-11-16T02:46:42.547-05:00I'd finally hit my stride, was finally back in...I'd finally hit my stride, was finally back in Chicago, but all it took was three days to find nowhere left to hide. This is beyond perverse, and I'm worse than implicated, because Tessa is dead, but still smiles beside me while I play chicken one last time with the shrieking blue.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03661464651447852100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-44762177050421605782012-11-14T17:10:09.598-05:002012-11-14T17:10:09.598-05:00Thanks Christopher and Christopher. I had started ...Thanks Christopher and Christopher. I had started in another direction then "invisible chicken suit" popped up in my head and I thought, I'm not quite sure of what bizarro is but maybe that's kinda it.AJ Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765836513403665199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-56382665375521022222012-11-14T08:22:28.277-05:002012-11-14T08:22:28.277-05:00Thanks, AJ. With the stories running 50-55 words i...Thanks, AJ. With the stories running 50-55 words it will take awhile to gather enough to make the project worth doing. :)Jim Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467182228068339233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-42710326745090230132012-11-14T01:33:10.276-05:002012-11-14T01:33:10.276-05:00Sure Jim. You have blanket rights to any of these ...Sure Jim. You have blanket rights to any of these shorties of mine you want to use.AJ Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765836513403665199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-12273387518815553902012-11-13T22:38:54.658-05:002012-11-13T22:38:54.658-05:00Whoa. That is sharp. I agree--sounds bizarro to my...Whoa. That is sharp. I agree--sounds bizarro to my ears,Chris Rhatiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769089157184374652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-52931930889059592252012-11-13T20:03:00.846-05:002012-11-13T20:03:00.846-05:00The best laid plans run into a doublecross. The pl...The best laid plans run into a doublecross. The plans and the protag get laid to rest. Cool.AJ Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765836513403665199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-6794068557403968712012-11-13T20:00:53.229-05:002012-11-13T20:00:53.229-05:00Now there's a mission statement. Scarface was ...Now there's a mission statement. Scarface was hard to take down. Finally got him on income tax and then the STD that laid him low. Hmm . . . makes me wonder if the mission was to give Big Al the . . . um . . . probably not. :)AJ Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765836513403665199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-27970234778305183982012-11-13T10:12:46.183-05:002012-11-13T10:12:46.183-05:00No! No! You can't do this to us! Don't exp...No! No! You can't do this to us! Don't expose us to the light!<br /><br />Oh, sorry.<br /><br />Yeah, I'd love it. That's what I meant to say in the first place. Yeah, um...Christopher Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581243409967241320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-59172802499042182332012-11-13T10:10:36.037-05:002012-11-13T10:10:36.037-05:00AJ, this reads very much like the start of a bizar...AJ, this reads very much like the start of a bizarro serial killer short. The invisible chicken suit is the tipping point; the weaponised Ebola is just icing on the cake.Christopher Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581243409967241320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-81701575450525478222012-11-13T01:35:15.473-05:002012-11-13T01:35:15.473-05:00Boy. Not enough to be freezing your tinkerbells of...Boy. Not enough to be freezing your tinkerbells off but a body dump too? Life just ain't fair. :)<br />AJ Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765836513403665199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-54801426470403537842012-11-12T21:31:05.470-05:002012-11-12T21:31:05.470-05:00Run hard. That was your first instinct. Who cares ...Run hard. That was your first instinct. Who cares if they call you <b>chicken</b>? You already have a two count. <b>Chicago</b> was supposed to be your hideout, not your strikeout. Boo said he had you covered, to take it all in <b>stride</b>. Covered is right--in a gangbanger’s blood. <b>Perverse</b> as you watch, you’re <b>implicate</b>d.Ron Earl Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02272782948103188166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-50146417984827993452012-11-12T18:23:23.097-05:002012-11-12T18:23:23.097-05:00Getting into Capone’s Chicago racket had been duck...Getting into Capone’s Chicago racket had been duck soup. They were a perverse group of characters but my job was to get to the Big Cheese himself. This was no time to be chicken, and if I couldn’t implicate him and take him down, then I guess I’d just have to fill him with daylight.Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-89846925417511293212012-11-12T18:11:23.831-05:002012-11-12T18:11:23.831-05:00Nasty! Somebody call a doctor! ^_^Nasty! Somebody call a doctor! ^_^Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-70181367827611149952012-11-12T18:09:50.070-05:002012-11-12T18:09:50.070-05:00Move what are you waiting for! ^_^Move what are you waiting for! ^_^Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-57967805062034841612012-11-12T18:08:36.716-05:002012-11-12T18:08:36.716-05:00Once bitten twice shy eh! Nice piece!Once bitten twice shy eh! Nice piece!Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-29484118159391115522012-11-12T18:07:30.709-05:002012-11-12T18:07:30.709-05:00Ooh very cool!Ooh very cool!Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-86793202781769969582012-11-12T11:15:22.891-05:002012-11-12T11:15:22.891-05:00Awesome idea, Jim!Awesome idea, Jim!Kaye Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596677617002735674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-83494287912823021262012-11-12T10:53:46.925-05:002012-11-12T10:53:46.925-05:00Another fine group of niblets, lady and gentlemen....Another fine group of niblets, lady and gentlemen. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to start collecting my favorites each week and maybe publish them in an anthology at some point. Anybody mind?Jim Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467182228068339233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-2670539051837715622012-11-12T10:31:16.669-05:002012-11-12T10:31:16.669-05:00The numbing Chicago wind blew off Lake Michigan, t...The numbing Chicago wind blew off Lake Michigan, throwing me off my stride. Why had I decided to play chicken with the fuzz--in winter? Just perverse, I guess. The truth was, if I didn’t get this body dumped into the Chicago river soon, I’d be implicated--again--and I’d go down hard this time.Kaye Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596677617002735674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-41753971115999557462012-11-12T02:50:50.614-05:002012-11-12T02:50:50.614-05:00WOW Aj. I have so many weird and wacky pictures in...WOW Aj. I have so many weird and wacky pictures in my heqad after reading that. It's gonna stay with me all day.Graham Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561493204302079903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-82928719108097926682012-11-12T02:25:34.101-05:002012-11-12T02:25:34.101-05:00Love it, Christopher. Almost like song lyrics and ...Love it, Christopher. Almost like song lyrics and the cool irony of the last two sentences just knock me out.AJ Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765836513403665199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-64142740072006583082012-11-12T02:23:18.131-05:002012-11-12T02:23:18.131-05:00Learned lessons are the most useful kind, Graham. ...Learned lessons are the most useful kind, Graham. We all wish we knew that when we were young and dumb and full of . . uh . . . wild blueberry muffins.AJ Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765836513403665199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113055222924493738.post-31275781653135579242012-11-12T02:20:36.548-05:002012-11-12T02:20:36.548-05:00In stride, hell, buddy. I'd stand on the gas a...In stride, hell, buddy. I'd stand on the gas and let the car do the getaway. :)AJ Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765836513403665199noreply@blogger.com