Lost In Translation #carrotranch #prompt #flasfiction

Posted on Apr 1, 2019 by TanGental

‘You look smart, Morgan. In court?’

‘Ha. I’m meeting a rather special person. Very influential. I hope he can help me.’

‘How?’

‘He understands how the system works, you know, all those back passages.’

‘Corridors of power?’

‘Exactly.’

‘A sort of eminence grise.’

‘You what? Immense Grease? That sounds like what you get before an outbreak of spots.’

‘Eminence Grise. Someone who works in the shadows.’

‘He had the lights on when I saw him.’

‘It’s just a figure of speech.’

‘Like Imminent Cheese?’

‘Eminence Grise.’

‘Is it French?’

‘Yes.’

‘Thought so. They’re greasy and like cheese.’

‘God, Morgan…’

This week’s Carrot Ranch prompt, here, is:

March 26, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that uses the word eminence. It’s a rich word full of different meanings. Explore how it sounds or how you might play with it. Go where the prompt leads!

About TanGental

My name is Geoff Le Pard. Once I was a lawyer; now I am a writer. I've published four books - Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle, My Father and Other Liars, Salisbury Square and Buster & Moo. In addition I have published three anthologies of short stories and a memoir of my mother. More will appear soon. I will try and continue to blog regularly at geofflepard.com about whatever takes my fancy. I hope it does yours too. These are my thoughts and no one else is to blame. If you want to nab anything I post, please acknowledge where it came from.
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16 Responses to Lost In Translation #carrotranch #prompt #flasfiction

  1. the dark netizen says:
    Apr 1, 2019 at 1:41 pm

    Hahaha! XD
    Nice one!!

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  2. Elizabeth says:
    Apr 1, 2019 at 1:59 pm

    Reminds me of all the times I have misheard song lyrics. Good word play.

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  3. Rebecca Moon Ruark says:
    Apr 1, 2019 at 2:15 pm

    Ha! Fantastic. Ah, cheese–now I’m hungry for lunch and it’s not even 9:30!

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    • TanGental says:
      Apr 1, 2019 at 8:08 pm

      there’s rarely a period inside 24 hours when cheese isn’t inevitable but I d struggle with the continental European love for it at breakfast… somehow it isn’t quite the done thing

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  5. Ritu says:
    Apr 1, 2019 at 5:55 pm

    Ha ha!!!

    It us a strange word, eminence… And added to grise… Well obviously confusion!

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  7. Jennie says:
    Apr 3, 2019 at 12:24 pm

    Well done, Geoff.

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  8. Charli Mills says:
    Apr 3, 2019 at 11:35 pm

    An intriguing position, a gray eminence. I wonder who that is in the US? ‘Cause Trump is stupider than a lump of cheese. But I digress. I like cheese. And your characters!

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  9. Violet Lentz says:
    Apr 7, 2019 at 12:23 pm

    Misinterpretations can be hilarious.. I love the word grise though, new to me. Have to find a place to use it..

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