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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Today's #flashfiction When The Star Fell

“Road trip!”
Frodo Baggins* #quote

Jessica's comin' on over this weekend. In other news the robot-alien-bunny spy in the NSA has been discovered so we can all rest easy.

When The Star Fell

        Famed actor Dennis Kenner lived a high life with a big mansion atop a high hill in the upper of upper class areas. With all the riches in the world he walked around his house and looked at the sprawling city sipping wine straight out of the bottle with his expensive robe on that was expensive merely from the brand, not from the fabric. But when he merrily plopped on foot the wrong way on his stairs, in a million-to-one chance, he tripped and rolled down the massive spiral staircase of his extravagant home.
         When he fell to the bottom, all bunched up in a strange shape he called out the first name he could think of, “Ted!” His old roommate when he was in a more humble home. He didn't know the names of any of his hired help, if they were even there. Were they? He didn't even remember if anyone was scheduled to work that day. He didn't carry a cellphone since he made no point to have bothersome calls. He remembered another rich actor, who always jabbered on his phone, with his wife, like they were still high school kids or something, even though they'd been married for years. What he'd do for his phone.

        The star pulled his body, all distorted and broken, while he screamed for help, to the front of the house, to where he though a phone might be. Eventually help came, but not before the star wished he'd had company to call out to in the first place.

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