19/11/2022 - Funny
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“Do you remember that time with the police officer?”
“Coming back from Cornwall?”
“Yep. He pretended to be drunk. So dangerous.”
“Funny, though.”
“Yes. Dad was always funny. Even with the doctors.”
“Yes.”
“Sir?” the undertaker asked. “Would you like to use the shovel first?”
“Thanks,” I said, and couldn’t think of a good joke.
About this story
Prompt:
Element One: Short...
What could be short for a piece of flash fiction? The minimum wordcount, of course! Today, should you take on the challenge, you must write a 55-word story.
Element Two: ...and bitter/sweet.
To bring some challenge to crafting your tiny moment in time of choice, you have two options: The story must be a tragedy or a comedy.
Element Optional: Or perhaps bittersweet?
Are you sneezing at this challenge? How dare you. If you feel the need to up the difficulty, combine element two's options and make the story a tragicomedy.
From the official page of FFM 2022.
Notes on the challenge
Each and every story published here has been written, reviewed, polished and published in less than 90 minutes. Which means you’re going to find spelling mistakes, ugly sentences and weird structures. I still hope you’ll enjoy them!
