PACKING FOR CARKOON

 

Janet Reid's The Bon Voyage Party for Tim Lowe Flash Fiction Contest

From Tim Lowe:

 

"I spent part of my day locating old FF entries in my mountain of unorganized Google docs.

 

"Miss those -- they really sharpened the brain, became a great outlet, a wonderful diversion. The last one (as yet still in Preliminary results stage, unless I missed it) was a much-needed distraction from the skull-splitting boredom of a Covid isolation last January.

"No, I don't have a point. Yes, I just booked a one-way trip to you-know-where."

 Indeed we do know where.

 

Let's give Tim something good to read while he's squashed in the middle seat between not one but TWO howling infants, and the seat in front of him is occupied by someone intent on reclining 90 degrees, and the snack tray involves kale chips.

 

The usual rules apply:

 

1. Write a story using 100 words or fewer.

2. Use these words in the story: fork, knife, spoon, dish, place.

 

If you are Steve Forti, or want to be, you must include this extra prompt word: bye bye.

 

3. You must use the whole word, but that whole word can be part of a larger word. The letters for the prompt must appear in consecutive order. They cannot be backwards.

 

7. Titles count as part of the word count (you don't need a title.)

 

12. You agree that your contest entry can remain posted on the blog for the life of the blog. In other words, you can't ask me to delete the entry and any comments about the entry at a later date.

 

Contest opens: 10am Saturday 10/21/23  ~~  Contest closes: 10am Sunday 10/22/23

My Entry

“Did you pack all of my underwear?” asked Tim. “You know how kale affects me.”

“Yes, I packed it all,” she said. “What’s the name of that place again?”

“Carkoon.”

“Cartoon?”

“CarKOON,” said Tim. “I didn’t see my fork in my duffle bag.”

“It’s in there.”

“Did you pack my knife?”

“Of course I did!”

“You packed all of my utensils?”

“YES! THEY’RE ALL IN THERE!”

“Then where ARE they?”

“I don’t know. Hey, maybe the dish ran away with the spoon!  Bye bye, Steve,” she said, as she pushed Tim out the door.

“Steve? Who the hell is Steve?”

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And the winner is:  Not I, but I didn't expect to win.  Getting a mention would have been nice though. 

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