Door Prize
Edmund almost killed it. It was sitting on his front stoop and he, with his three hundred pounds, would’ve killed it if it hadn’t wriggled. Instead, he…
Burlap Sax
Write a story about someone who inherits something that is contained in a burlap sack. A saxophone and/or the sound of one should appear somewhere in the story. What is the story behind the inheritance? What does the person plan to do? What's inside the bag? C'mon and let the cat out of the bag, in one kilobyte of characters or fewer!
Challengers
7 entriesBody and Soul
Rainy afternoons brought the sound of jazz with them. Samson would watch as droplets trickled against the window, tear-staining the glass. Strangely, the…
Faint
“Dad, wake up”, I said, firmly grasping my father’s lifeless hand. Throughout the day, the nurses frequented his room, monitoring his condition, waiting for…
Grammophone
The sack had arrived a week ago. Inconspicuous, wrapped in burlap, smelling faintly of Chanel No. 5. Left on the doorstep of his Bronx apartment. He’d almost…
Distant Screams
“That’s my inheritance?” Erin asked, wrinkling her nose. “It is, it is--and a fine one too.” Uncle Jeb said, overturning the filthy burlap sack that had been…
BLAT!
The burlap sack is silent. So is the saxophone inside, even though there is a skilled blues artist attached to it. So why is the bluesman’s sax silent? Easy…
Fairy Bag
A metro train rumbled by temporarily drowning out the squeaking sax’s appeals for loose change. Gerrick tugged his coat a little tighter and looked this way…