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Chivalry

Sep 26, 2010 02:33

Some people swore that the house was haunted.

We believed it. Set far back on the property, at the end of a drive long since broken up into weeds and gravel, the place had been abandoned about forever. Three stories proud when built, years of weather and neglect had brought sagging and collapse. Now it seemed hunched over, like a kicked dog, black ( Read more... )

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heart_of_stars September 26 2010, 06:35:18 UTC

This story was submitted for the latest round of NPR's "Three Minute Fiction" contest, which had the following rules:

1) It must begin with "Some people swore that the house was haunted."
2) It must end with "Nothing was ever the same again after that."
3) It must be no more than 600 words.

Thanks, bro! This was a hoot. :-)

halfway_back September 26 2010, 06:55:51 UTC

Awesome, dude! Here's hoping for both of us!

grumpymonkey September 27 2010, 14:13:14 UTC

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

I love it. "Nothing was ever the same again after that" is an understatement!

heart_of_stars September 27 2010, 15:48:22 UTC

Originally, I was going to have two guys go in, and the other guy make a move on the narrator's girlfriend, but then Meg had the brilliant suggestion of having the two guys be caught in a compromising position, after the narrator ditches his girl to the mercies of the ghost (or whatever it was). She's wonderful that way. :-)