Jay Hubbell was famous: congressman, judge, mining advocate. He was well-liked, a considerate family man and generous benefactor. But Jay carried a terrible secret. His beard was possessed by a malignant spirt, Orifice the Odiferous who would release odours so unutterably foul that Jay often despaired. If Jay ever attempted so much as a trim the gases realised rendered him unconscious.
Finally the mines did for them both. While on a visit to watch the testing of a new safety lamp, Odiferous released a maleficent miasma. The ensuing explosion set back the development of safety lamps by years.
This week’s prompt from the Carrot Ranch is
July 4, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story using your choice of microhistory from Keweenaw National Historic Park. Be historical, funny, or flagrantly fictional. Choose a character, time, place, or event. Be as creative as you want in telling the story (for those doing serials, how can you meld this into your own storyline?). Go where the prompt leads!
My chosen micro history is Jay Hubbell, here…
Great Geoffletastic take!
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You had to.
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I did, didn’t I?
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Great take.
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Thank you John
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Odiferous, the Malign Influence!
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It’s taking over…
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Poor man.
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If only he strained his beard regularly he might have flushed the rogue spirits…
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Only in Geoff world….
😆😆😆😃😃😃
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Planet Numpty rules
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I love it, I live there too💜🙆
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Better than real life 😀
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I fear many beards house guests from another astral plane.. or mice.
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Half man, half skunk hey?
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that’s the new parfum d’homme
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What a laugh. Thanks, Geoff.
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