Pastime (55 Fiction)
Verlander retired the side. Tigers shutout the Angels. As Spence froze TiVo on his grand HD, he sighs taking a last sip of skunked beer. Minutes past midnight EST—checking email a thousandth final time since yesterday. While expected, the news read pulverizing, howitzer line drive caught between the eyes. Title read: He’s gone.
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*55 Fiction (nanofiction)
May 12, 2010 at 7:43 am
what fun 55.
Happy Wednesday!
May 12, 2010 at 7:50 am
Thanks. A happy Wednesday to you too 🙂
May 12, 2010 at 9:00 am
Ok..I like this.. but I really do not get it..
my fault..
Mine is here
Happy Sensational Wednesday!
hugs
shakira
May 12, 2010 at 9:09 am
No worries, shakira. The story is about a man watching baseball to kill time waiting for an email that finally arrives. (Lots of baseball lingo).
May 12, 2010 at 11:35 am
Ok…think I get it…now…LOL
My dear Adam,
You are such a creative writer so I am TAGGING YOU.. please go to Wordy Wednesday @Tara Miller Writes to write the next 1-3 lines to a story yet told! Once you have done that, please TAG others too. Take care of you! hugs shakira
May 12, 2010 at 1:30 pm
shakira, I’m a baseball fan. Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers is my favorite player, so I dropped his name in the 55. The rest of the baseball lingo hints at what Spence’s email is about.
Tag, I’m it. I’ll join in a little bit, add a couple lines. Sounds fun. Thanks for including me. hugs
May 12, 2010 at 2:44 pm
I just added my 2 cents worth…
http://taramillerwrites.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/its-wordy-wednesday-today/#comment-302
May 12, 2010 at 10:53 am
It’s funny when you think of the terms we use for baseball. they could be misunderstood by someone without any baseball knowledge. “Where’d he go?’
nice 55 my friend
May 12, 2010 at 11:05 am
That’s true, Leslie. The late George Carlin did a bit about the language differences between describing baseball v. football. Wasn’t thinking of that when I wrote this, but it’s an amazing routine. Worth checking out…
May 12, 2010 at 1:32 pm
I miss George Carlin 😦
May 13, 2010 at 8:52 am
very interesting piece.