Short Story Monday
Straight Flush
by John Mutford
I’ve got cancer.” Gerry throws this out like a confession, right in the middle of the third round.
Craig looks at his hand; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 - heart, heart, heart, heart, heart. “Shitty luck, man,” someone says.
Craig puts down his cards. He looks at Gerry and stops playing.
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5 comments:
That is good!
I think I too will do short story monday.
, come pick your award from my poetry blog. Just click on my name here.
I try to write one flash fiction story a day. Some days are harder than others.
Still like this story...
thanks for sharing it.
Gautami: Thanks! Even though it an "Excellent" award, it made my day!
Lucian: I try to do some sort of writing each day (though I'm not nearly as dedicated as I aim to be). Sometimes it's poetry, sometimes it's a flash piece, sometimes it's something else. And if all else fails, I just go back and edit.
Robert: Hi there, wow, it's been a long time since I've heard from you. I knew I'd shared this before, but for the life of me I couldn't place where. Anyway, speaking of editing, for anyone interested there's an earlier draft of this story here. Robert also has a lot of other writing challenges posted, with other pieces of mine, as well as great contributions by others.
That's just excellent John.
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