‘What’s that, Logan?’
‘Nothing. You know…’
‘Not unless you tell me.’
‘Someone at work had this thing about designing their dream home and, well, I thought it might be neat…’
‘What’s that?’
‘I thought a sheltered walkway leading to double height doors…’
‘This folly’s in England, right? Bit optimistic, worrying about sunstroke. And you’ll get a rupture opening those. These? They look like columns.’
‘I always fancied having a collonade.’
‘Is it worth that? I’m all for ambition but getting a hernia and buggering up your colon’s a pretty high price to pay for a fancy country pad.’
‘Cretin.’
This piece was written in response to the latest Carrot Ranch prompt
January 17, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes colonnades. It can be natural, architectural, or a metaphor. Take a stroll and go where the prompt leads.
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My name is Geoff Le Pard. Once I was a lawyer; now I am a writer. I've published several books: a four book series following Harry Spittle as he grows from hapless student to hapless partner in a London law firm; four others in different genres; a book of poetry; four anthologies of short fiction; and a memoir of my mother. I have several more in the pipeline.
I have been blogging regularly since 2014, on topic as diverse as: poetry based on famous poems; memories from my life; my garden; my dog; a whole variety of short fiction; my attempts at baking and food; travel and the consequent disasters; theatre, film and book reviews; and the occasional thought piece. Mostly it is whatever takes my fancy.
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Haha! I’m not sure my husband and I could survive building a home together. Sounds like Morgan and Logan need some counseling asap!
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Totally but who’d counsel those two wappits?
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Good point!
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I’m always so impressed at how you handle these prompts. Prompts make me freeze–not sure why. Your characters seem like they want to jump out of this flash and have a big adventure!
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If I knew I’d say… I just let the idea or concept roll around, see how far I can stretch it and then see if I can squeeze whatever nonsense I have come up with into 99 words…. the more absurd the idea the harder I work at making it work…
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Who doesn’t want a collonade? Ha ha.
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Only if you promise it doesn’t involve gizmos. I’m phobic about gizmos
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Ha, ha! I’d love to see Logan and Morgan on Monty Don’s Big Dreams Small Spaces!
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Now there’s a setting…
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