Inspired by this week’s You Capture (Signs):
Abandoned cafe on Highway 80, north of Reno --- © J.C. Montgomery
The downtown, neon glow that is Reno --- © J.C. Montgomery
Signs of minor league baseball pride --- © J.C. Montgomery
Just as it says, "Nice Catch!" --- © J.C. Montgomery
Hope everyone had a great holiday. This was part of ours.
So sad to think summer is coming to an end, but to be honest I am looking forward to the snow.
There is nothing like living in a place that has defined seasons.
At that pivotal moment before impact, Fairbank learned to hate life even more than the time the honeywagon had overturned into to his convertible, making him late to the interview. The job he wanted most, went to someone else.
Nothing ever went as planned. His fatal flaw was thinking things could never get worse.
The breath knocked out of him, he looked up at the open window, the one he’d just leapt from. Looking over, not only had he misjudged the distance, he completely missed the fence stakes.
Such was his life. Nothing ever went right, even death.
This is a piece I wrote for a contest. There were 165 entries and mine was one of 11 that made the final cut. I didn’t win, but the man (John Haggerty) who did, wrote an amazing piece.
We had to tell a story in 100 words or less using the following words:
honeywagon
flaws
stake
pivotal
fairbank
If you’d like to see all the stories entered (see comment section):
Contest announcement
If you’d like to see the three finalists and winner:
Winner announcement
