Showing posts with label Fiction in 58. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fiction in 58. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Lugars and Doorbells

Three Word Wednesday: Dull, Race, Yawn

Fiction in 58: This story contains 58 words; it's invaluable for learning to convey a story concisely.

Two doors slammed; silence fell. She yawned and slipped into uneasy sleep. A Nazi pointed a lugar at her Jewish boyfriend. 'Your race is inferior,' he declared. Footsteps in the hallway woke her. The doorbell rang twelve times. She opened the door. A large man dressed as a woman stared at her with dull eyes. 'Sssorry,' he slurred.