Friday, 9 April 2010

Fiction Friday #6

This story has been taken down now that the piece has been submitted to a journal!
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8 comments:

  1. Sam9 April 2010 at 13:38

    Clowns? What is it about clowns?! Really enjoyed this circus murder tale.

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  2. Sulci Collective9 April 2010 at 13:38

    Anyone who finds clowns funny deserves for their heart to go bang!

    " there's no story, just some poor guy who didn't live to see the tightrope walkers," said the police officer" - this is a great line, so dismissive. I love it.

    Well done.

    marc nash

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  3. Marisa Birns9 April 2010 at 13:52

    Well, sometimes clowns are so bizarrely evil-looking that I can imagine being scared to death. Just ask Stephen King!

    Am impressed how you took that bare bones prompt and wrote such a very good tale.

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  4. Anonymous9 April 2010 at 14:07

    Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
    Loved the story. Very neat and tidy with dashes of dark humour. And I also loved the line about not living to see the tightrope walkers. Winner!
    Adam B

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  5. Icy Sedgwick9 April 2010 at 15:24

    I am genuinely scared of clowns. There's just something so WRONG about them. And I love tightrope walkers (especially Blondin). Can't think why else you'd go to a circus!!

    Glad everyone liked it. :-)

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  6. Walt9 April 2010 at 15:45

    I thought this was excellent. The story was tight and didn't include any fluff that would have drawn it out. Especially like the line from the police officer about the tightrope act.

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  7. Aislinn O'Connor9 April 2010 at 16:22

    LOL - that has to be the most original "murder" weapon ever! Well, at least Ivan died happy... :-)

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  8. Benjamin Solah10 April 2010 at 01:49

    Totally got a phobia of clowns myself, especially in the night. Great piece.

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