Flying Pizza #carrotranch #creativewriting

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 by TanGental

‘I tried to talk to that rock woman again, but she just got in the lake and swam away.’

‘She swam in that?’

‘She could be a mermaid.’

‘More like a nice maiden. Or it could be a version of our hard-wired response to danger.’

‘What’s that?’

‘Haven’t you heard of the fight or flight response, Morgan?’

‘My hard-wired response is different.’

‘Of course it is. What do you do if danger threatens?’

‘I eat pizza.’

‘How on earth did those palaeontologists miss that third hard-wired response? It explains those Stone Age ovens.’

‘Experts, huh?’

‘Exactly.’

This week’s prompt from the #carrotranch

August 13, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a first flight. It can be anything or anyone that flies. What is significant about the first? 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 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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6 Responses to Flying Pizza #carrotranch #creativewriting

  1. Becky Ross Michael says:
    Aug 17, 2020 at 5:38 pm

    Funny and inventive!

    Liked by 2 people

  2. willowdot21 says:
    Aug 18, 2020 at 8:31 am

    No those ovens were for Chinese Takeaway!

    Liked by 1 person

  3. D. Avery @shiftnshake says:
    Aug 21, 2020 at 9:08 pm

    Great lakes! Pizza? I think I need to defend myself.

    Liked by 1 person

  4. Norah says:
    Sep 2, 2020 at 12:58 pm

    I love this, Geoff. So funny, as this pair usually are. It reminds me of a very annoying current KFC tv ad – it doesn’t matter what the problem, someone says, ‘Did someone say KFC?’ and they all happily dig into the KFC. Could have been pizza.

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