ten-sentence flash fiction
May 30th, 2015
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.
* * * * *
“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.”
* * * * *
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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5 Comments Add your own
1. Maggie | May 31st, 2015 at 6:30 am
Haha, I like that!
2. Anthony Lee Collins | June 1st, 2015 at 7:17 am
It surprised the heck out of me when I wrote it, that’s for sure. I didn’t even know I was working on it. 🙂
3. SB Roberts | June 1st, 2015 at 3:22 pm
Bravo! 🙂 While I haven’t read enough of your works to understand the other level of this story — something I need to work on now that school is out — it made me smile. Sounds like a modernization of a fable I’ve heard before. 🙂
4. Anthony Lee Collins | June 2nd, 2015 at 2:42 pm
It’s always nice when people want to read more of my stuff. 🙂
Do you know what you want to read next? I know you read Stevie One, but that’s all I remember.
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