Big Bad Short Story Meme
Generally, I'm not a fan of memes, but this one was too tempting to pass up. See the original post here. (Oh, and my apologies - I'm coming up with this at the top of my head at 6:30 in the morning.)
Her mother sighs. They've been coming down all week. She draws her phone out of her purse and calls up the custodial staff. "Another one, at the intersection of Third and Queen."
"Yes, ma'am. We'll be there shortly."
"Oh, and make copies of the photographs, will you? I'll have to file a report."
"Yes, ma'am."
The little girl coughs gently. Her mother tries to disguise the noise by rummaging around in her purse, but people along the steet eye her child suspiciously. It's a bad sign these days. Means you might end up like one of them. Up there. She shudders, thinking about it. She wonders if they're jumping, stepping off the edge even though they can't see the ground.
She's glad her daughter doesn't have to bear this burden. She doesn't want to watch her daughter's eyes change, they way her own did. Doesn't want to see that metallic edge, those steel tears.
Her mother sighs. They've been coming down all week. She draws her phone out of her purse and calls up the custodial staff. "Another one, at the intersection of Third and Queen."
"Yes, ma'am. We'll be there shortly."
"Oh, and make copies of the photographs, will you? I'll have to file a report."
"Yes, ma'am."
The little girl coughs gently. Her mother tries to disguise the noise by rummaging around in her purse, but people along the steet eye her child suspiciously. It's a bad sign these days. Means you might end up like one of them. Up there. She shudders, thinking about it. She wonders if they're jumping, stepping off the edge even though they can't see the ground.
She's glad her daughter doesn't have to bear this burden. She doesn't want to watch her daughter's eyes change, they way her own did. Doesn't want to see that metallic edge, those steel tears.
3 Comments:
Wow, thanks, Cavan! This could be the short story that takes over the blogosphere!
Part 3, here http://blog.solitaryspaces.com/2005/06/03/big-bad-short-story-meme/
When you list part 3
Can you edit the link to part 3..
just change the http://blog.solitaryspaces.com part to http://postcardsfrommetrosuburbia.solitaryspaces.com/
I changed the url of my site.
That way, part 3 won't get lost somewhere in the shuffle.
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