Keep Karm and Carry On #99wordstories #carrotranch #littletittweaking

Posted on Aug 11, 2022 by TanGental

This week’s #99wordstories prompt from the Carrot Ranch is

August 8, 2022, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about “the one who left the dress.” A 1940s-era dress still hangs in an abandoned house. Who left it and why? You can take any perspective and write in any genre. It can be a ghost story. Or not. Go where the prompt leads!

Little Tittweaking was once a libertarian sanctuary. Only when the Mayor, Marmaduke Cornplaster was left three octaves beyond comfortable and Councillor Ali Bye had nowhere to hide did the tide turn. Constance-Lee Horrified led the defence in the middle of festival week that was dubbed: ‘Fed up with the Karma Sutra? Enjoy more Frantic Sutras in the company of percussive contortionist Elle Astic-Thighs and her vaginal wind orchestra, The Whistling Fannies of Tallinn’. Using brollies and hat pins Constance-Lee drove out the naked exhibitors, whose abandoned dresses were flown from the Town Hall as a warning.

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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16 Responses to Keep Karm and Carry On #99wordstories #carrotranch #littletittweaking

  1. gordon759 says:
    Aug 11, 2022 at 10:51 am

    What a terrible fete

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  2. willowdot21 says:
    Aug 11, 2022 at 11:47 am

    I suppose it makes a change from knickers at half mast!
    Loved it Geoff! 💜💜

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  3. Peter's pondering says:
    Aug 11, 2022 at 12:14 pm

    I remember it so well. Auntie Orfull never did recover from the shock!

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  4. Annette Rochelle Aben says:
    Aug 11, 2022 at 12:37 pm

    Stuff and nonsense! Fine job!!

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  5. Pam Lazos says:
    Aug 11, 2022 at 2:18 pm

    😂😂😂

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  6. JT Twissel says:
    Aug 11, 2022 at 11:07 pm

    Your mind bravely goes where others don’t dare follow! Down the rabbit hole once again!

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  7. Norah says:
    Aug 14, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    No comment. 😂

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