This one requires a little explanation. Last night, I was reading the winners of a 55 word fiction contest conducted by the New Times each year. So I thought I'd give it a try. The story has to have setting, character, conflict and resolution. I think it does, but you will have to be the judge. Anyway, here is my 5 am creation.
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One Too Many
She came onstage in a red bikini. She looked like his wife, his girlfriend, that girl from the movies, that girl from the internet.
He rattled the ice in his glass. Another scotch appeared.
She swayed seductively, lowering one triangle, then another. Perfect. The third revealed a birthmark. He sobered. He knew her.
His daughter.
© 2007 Edward P. Morgan III
