Bryna, over at The Everyday Epic, wrote about a ten-sentence short story. And, much to my surprise, today I wrote one.
And here it is.
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“Can you create a rock so big that you yourself can’t lift it?”
“Do you know — can you even imagine — how many people have asked me that question over the years?”
“And how do you usually answer?”
“When somebody asks me that, I create a rock so big that he can’t lift it. Then I drop it on his head. From a tremendous height. Do you still want to ask?”
“No, thank you. So, it’s always guys who ask?”
“No, but I’m old-fashioned.”
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The thing I like about it in particular is that it is, I hope, completely comprehensible to the casual reader, but people who have read my stuff will understand it on a different level.
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