They don't swim
I could tell by his first few words that Dan was excited about something. He was talking 90-to-nothing, but not making any sense. Still half-asleep, I could…
The last thing you'd ever expect to find in a swimming pool
The title gives it away: simply write a story where either the first or last sentence is:" it was the last thing you'd expect to find in a swimming pool." And if you're an under-achiever, you can put it somewhere in the middle.
Challengers
23 entriesSay it Ain't So, Mighty Joe...
Jesi and I sort of came to around three ish one afternoon. With a jaundiced eye we examined our surroundings. On the positive side, we found no broken limbs on…
Brokeback Wookie (swimming Pool Challenge)
“Can we take pics now?” “Yes the gore isn’t really anything.” “So how did it happen?” “Well this sort of thing isn’t really that uncommon among gay…
Just the one
It was the last thing you’d expect to find in a swimming pool. The last thing you’d expect me to find. “You never find anything,” you always said. “You never…
Face Down on the Diving Board
Face down on the diving board, I stared into the chlorinated depths without really seeing. Though I knew it spoiled the melancholy repose I had to shift so my…
Poolside
It was the last thing you would expect to find in a swimming pool. We were called out to the house on a saturday morning. I was reading the sports page…
Sex Drugs and The Eucharist
“Quick Donatella they are coming” The Bishop yelled as he ran up the steps of his wonderful villa past the fresco that michelangelo had crafted between the…
Inscription in a pool
“It was the last thing you would expect to find in a swimming pool”, she said. “It’s not a swimming pool, it’s a michvah. A ritual bath”, said the professor…
No Swimming
I picked up my phone; it’s Durfee. “Chad,” he said, “I just heard your divorce is final today.” “That it is. The reason I called is I’m having a DIVORCE party…
Clowning in the Pool
It was the last thing you’d expect to find in a swimming pool. Detective Dick Richards stared at the tiny clown car as the tow truck pulled it from the water…
The Habit
To hell with the lot of them: idolaters and philistines. They made me sick. I should have known that godforsaken music channel would have never seriously…
Under The Sea
“It’s the last thing you’d ever expect to find in a swimming pool,” joked the man from animal control. No one else spoke. The Thomases stood anxiously at the…
The Saviour
4am. The third President Bush lay awake. 20 body bags a day from Afghanistan; two embassy bombs, 226 dead; Iran were nuclear. His finger was on the button. One…
Dune Time
Science fiction club romances can lead to some strange places. I’d met the cutest guy at the sci-fi club at my college. Mike was adorable, probably a genius…
Sunset Boulevard, Eat Your Heart Out
When I finally woke up, it was with an earth-shattering hangover and a note pinned to my chest. My first thought was that God must have taken issue with the…
Paranoid Android or I Am A Computer
“He is in there detective in front of the computer.” “Did he confess?” “He is wearing her skin and guts as a suit, I say he did it.” “Ya think?” The detective…
Time Slows Down (Swimming Pool Challenge)
“Delta seven, to locust one, the target has arrived, green light on the General.” The sniper looked through the scope at the parade ground next to the luxurius…
Hazel and Lou
It was the last thing you’d expect to find in a swimming pool. But there it was, standing in the shallow end, looking down at its feet, most likely confused by…
Deep End
I didn’t know it was there at first. My husband likes to cover the pool, rain or shine, every evening before turning in for bed. Protects the liner and helps…
Just Another Chance Encounter
It was the last thing you’d expect to see in a swimming pool. In fact, it was the last thing you’d expect to see anywhere in the known universe. The fact that…