The Mirror.

If all you meet are assholes, maybe you're an asshole.

Some things you only need to hear once and they will stick in your brain.

Write about someone unbearable, they prompt me.

Well, to myself I say this:

Why couldn't you save your marriage?

Why couldn't you control your temper?

Why were you not satisfied with your life after the military?

Why can't you just feel happiness like anyone else?

This man is a jerk, and most times I hate him, though the reason remains mostly undiscovered.

Perhaps he will become my catalyst to do better. Time will whisper the answer to me in the wind.

It is the only sound I hear now that my loved ones have dispersed away from me and only an empty house remains.

Maybe I will write about it, instead of picking up my gun and killing him.

Challenge

June 2024 Drabble Challenge: Get mad, Max.

So I went and watched Furiosa and lemme tellya, I thought it was cinema gold. Absolutely a wild, fun ride. With that in mind, this month's word play is "Get mad, Max." That's your prompt. You don't need to use the phrase at all, just let it inspire you to tell me a prose story in exactly 100 words. It can be Mad Max related, or something angry, or crazy, or post-apocalyptic. Hell, steal some go-juice and head off to Bartertown to duke it out in the Thunderdome. Or not. Whatever. Blow my mind with something epic, but do use standard English and punctuation or honestly I aint even gonna read it. Not that that probably matters to you, but there is a little prize involved. Everybody likes prizes. I'll pick the winner sometime in July, no need to tag me.

andylaughs in Flash Fiction

Watching.

Look at 'er. Stuckup. Rude. Asswaffle. The purge starts in..what? 8 hours? Figure sit here and wait. Comfy in my house. Been watchin weeks now. Look at 'er over there. Warshin dishes. People should really shut there curtains. Her life cost me 10.99 plus tax. Thats what machetes go fer at wallyworld these days. What if I went few minutes early? Anyone notice? Police cruisin by just now. Nah. Reckon I'll wait. Be worth the wait. Give me brother all dad's inheritance huh mom? She won't suspect it. I know 'er routine now. Hope I'm in the will this time.