Fifty Five Words Revisited

February 23, 2007

Last year, I posted a creative writing exercise (Fifty Five Words) that deals with exactly fifty five words. I met PinchMe through Mylot.com and this person gamely shared his fifty five word short story. Here it is:

The Episode Before Relaxation

Shandry stored the black lid canister in his breast pocket.
No one else was looking as he did it.
Noise from the marketplace grew to surround him.
The nervious tension finally left the air.
Luckily he knew the place well.
His actions were not suspicious.
Everyone kept to themselves.
He returned home.
Sitting down.
Puff!

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