Jay Hubbell #carrotranch #microhistory

Posted on Jul 6, 2019 by TanGental

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…

About TanGental

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. I avoid politics, mostly, and religion, always. I don't mean to upset anyone but if I do, well, sorry and I suggest you go elsewhere. 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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17 Responses to Jay Hubbell #carrotranch #microhistory

  1. Ritu says:
    Jul 6, 2019 at 1:18 pm

    Great Geoffletastic take!

    Like

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  4. arlingwoman says:
    Jul 6, 2019 at 3:18 pm

    Odiferous, the Malign Influence!

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  6. willowdot21 says:
    Jul 6, 2019 at 7:34 pm

    Only in Geoff world….
    😆😆😆😃😃😃

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  7. thecontentedcrafter says:
    Jul 6, 2019 at 9:10 pm

    Better than real life 😀

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  8. JT Twissel says:
    Jul 6, 2019 at 11:54 pm

    Half man, half skunk hey?

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  9. Norah says:
    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:49 pm

    What a laugh. Thanks, Geoff.

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    Reply

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