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