I can’t believe I’m doing this. Blame it on my good friend Dale and her friends Marc and Karen. All I can say is, “Oy.” Normally, I’m not a fan of doing prompts that require certain words. For whatever reason the muse wrestled me to the ground this morning and challenged me. Happy Sunday.
The required words are: Jesus, holy water, drive-thru, twinkies, wine, dinosaurs, passion, busybody, clubhouse, cross, absolution
Genre: Hysterical Fiction
Word Count: 150
JUST KILL ME ALREADY
“Don’t cross me this morning,” Miriam staggered to the kitchen table. “I had too much wine last night at the clubhouse.”
Yosi passed her a plate of Twinkies. “Here, mommy. Breakfast of champions.”
Biting into one of the golden cakes, she let the cream filling melt on her tongue. At that moment the phone rang.
The voice on the other end shrilled with passion. “Good morning, Miriam.”
Miriam rolled her eyes. Oy. It’s that busybody Mary-Agnes. Probably going to preach to me about Jesus and how I can find absolution.”
Agnes continued, seemingly unaware that Miriam had only groaned a greeting. “Father O’Malley tripped over the holy water this morning in church. Totally drenched a kid playing with his plastic dinosaurs on the front row.”
Choking on her coffee, Miriam finally said, “I have to go, Aggie. They’re having a special on gefilte fish and fries at the Kosher drive-thru.”
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple 
Lovely! Thanks for the smile. And you did very well with all the words.
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Thank you, Connie. This is a first for me.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
I am so glad this one wrestled you to the ground and challenged you!
I love it. So funny. I can picture it all in my head… more wine?
Lotsa love,
Dale
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Dear Dale,
I’m blaming this one on you. 😉 Just because you did it, i had to be a copycat and do it, too. Don’t jump off a bridge. Who knows? I might feel it was my place to copy you again. Right? Of course, right!
In any event, I’m glad this worked and it was kind of fun to try. Thank you, my friend.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Well, I for one, am sure glad you did. Sometimes it’s fun to “spur of the moment” jump in!
Only bridge is jump off is a low one with deep water – like at my mom’s up north😊. Super safe or no.
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There is something special about Sunday mornings. Sunday’s unique value proposition generates its own genre = Hysterical Fiction. I’m glad your Sunday morning teased these words inside your brain. I can’t wait to read what genres are created on the other six days. Bravo! Thanks for playing.
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Dear Karen,
Blame it on Dale. 😉 I just had to try it. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Bwahahaha!
I love it! Not bad for someone who had to be wrestled into doing it by her muse! I have a feeling you had a certain individual’s inspiration . . . maybe? She’s quite persuasive.
I only wish I hadn’t already eaten breakfast, because I still have a few Twinkies left in the cupboard . . .
Love this!
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Actually my motivation was, “If she can do it, so can I.” 😉 But she is pretty persuasive in a wonderful way. 😀 Perhaps you can have the Twinkies for lunch. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Twinkies for lunch? It’s happening now!
And yes, she is persuasively wonderful indeed.
I’m glad you decided to join the fun!
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Persuasive, eh? So glad it is in a wonderful way, at least! 🙂
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Is that Israel’s answer to fish and chips? Great job Ms. Creativity! Love it❣️
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Dear Anonymous.
Who knows? Could be the answer. Gefilte Fish & chips. Has a nice ring to it. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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A good laugh for the day.
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Thank you. 😀
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Well done, Rochelle, you crafted such an entertaining tale which seamlessly contains all those words. Perhaps you have the knack without realising it before ?
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Dear Francine,
I don’t know that I’d have tried this if Dale hadn’t and done it well besides. I’ve read so many of these that I thought were simply awful. At any rate, it was kind of fun to do something different. Thank you for the encouragement. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Terrific use of the prompt words, Rochelle. 😀
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Thank you, James. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I’ve told you before, Rochelle, that Dale can be trouble. Good job nailing the prompt, I would say “I’m impressed’, but I would expect no less from a seasoned flash fiction writer like yourself. And, how often do you get to use the words ‘Jesus’, ‘cross’, and ‘holy water’ in one of your stories???
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Dear Ted,
Dale is a bad influence. I swore I’d never participate in such nonsense. And look at me now. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Well, you just steal photos… she steals characters!!! Did you read her story???
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Yes. But I’ve stolen Cheryl and Ethel before, too. 😜
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That’s right you did! Well, Dale just stole Ethel, Cheryl is pissed.
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Ha, hysterical fiction—loved that, Rochelle! Great story.
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Thank you, Narmadhaa. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ha! You done good! I looked at the list and my Catholic roots began to show. You took those words and ran with them! Nice!
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Dear Rochelle,
That was really creative! 🙂
I would love to try my hand at such challenges. Any idea where I could get into them?
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Dear “Dark,”
I facilitate Friday Fictioneers fir which you can find the instructions on my link for “20 April 2018” Another good challenge is What Pegman Saw hosted by K Rawson. Being in transit on my cell prohibits me
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Oops… prohibits me from supplying links. Hope this helps. Thank you and Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks a lot! 🙂
I’ll check them out and work on them!
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