Hardboiled
For the A-to-Z Blogging Challenge this year, I’m posting a 100 word piece of flash fiction every day. It might be a self-contained story, or a scene–whatever, it’ll be fiction, and it’ll be over in a flash! Today’s story is…
Hardboiled
I needed a break and the loser in the seat was my last chance. Just my luck that he decided to play stupid. He said he worked for some paltry outfit, that he’d been in some hot water, but he was done. I’d sooner have trusted a politician. Those guys he worked for, it was just a shell organization, and he was playing me for a dummy. I’d had enough with the nice guy routine, so I got out the knife. He cracked and opened up. But he wasn’t as solid as I thought. Next thing I knew, he ran.
Check back tomorrow for I…
Wondering about the back-story now.
Sania @ Fragile Words
I’m not sure, but it’s probably very egg-citing… 😉
Haha, I had to read this a second time once I understood. Nice use of words!
Thanks, Laura! 🙂
At the first sentence, I thought this was going to be a bully picking on someone. Love the little egg references through out.
~Patricia Lynne~
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Patricia Lynne, YA Author
Thanks, Patricia. I find it hard to resist a good pun… and even bad ones (as my kids will tell you), so this was fun. 🙂
very clever – enjoying all the letters.
Thank you, Lisa. 🙂
This was really clever. I enjoyed it.
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Thanks, Cely–it was fun to write. I couldn’t resist the word-play. 🙂
Very clever flash fiction, well done!
Thanks, Kim! 😀
Clever indeed! I read it a second time just to catch some of the references I missed the first time. Great job!
I couldn’t resist the play on hard-boiled (as in detective fiction). Thank you, Chuck. 🙂