#leap

“Daddy, come play.”

“I’m working.” Stan sighed. Tweeted: kid wants me to play a damn game #annoying.

@StanLew Unplug your damn computer #theygrowuptoofast.

Stan looked at his modem cord. Got a scissors.

Snip.

This was written for The Trifecta Writing Challenge. We were to write a 33-word story about someone taking a leap.

Labels: flash fiction, Trifecta Writing Challenge

Writing in the Margins, Bursting at the Seams: #leap

Friday, July 20, 2012

#leap

“Daddy, come play.”

“I’m working.” Stan sighed. Tweeted: kid wants me to play a damn game #annoying.

@StanLew Unplug your damn computer #theygrowuptoofast.

Stan looked at his modem cord. Got a scissors.

Snip.

This was written for The Trifecta Writing Challenge. We were to write a 33-word story about someone taking a leap.

Labels: flash fiction, Trifecta Writing Challenge

13 Comments:

At July 20, 2012 at 5:02 PM , Gina said...: How 'bout it! I think I always need to disconnect. I can also vouch for the fact that time speeds by since mine are 19 and 21.
At July 20, 2012 at 6:20 PM , Sarah @ Bend it Like Becker said...: I love this, very cute! : )
At July 20, 2012 at 7:55 PM , Ruby Manchanda said...: Interesting.
At July 20, 2012 at 9:04 PM , Jeanna Whitson said...: Such a creative format. I love it!
At July 21, 2012 at 12:35 AM , Colonialist said...: The leap was a sneep! Love it, and need to take heed.
At July 21, 2012 at 12:43 AM , Celeste Neumann said...: It is a leap to free one's self of the modern shackles
At July 21, 2012 at 5:49 AM , Annabelle said...: That made me laugh out loud. Nice.
At July 21, 2012 at 6:09 AM , Viv Blake said...: Very good, and wise, too. We've had almost no sun this year, the sun is now out and here I am hunched over a laptop indoors. That's it, I'm off.
At July 21, 2012 at 9:17 AM , JannaTWrites said...: This was great (and so true). One of these days, the kiddos will be asking him not to join them.
At July 21, 2012 at 9:32 AM , Marie Nicole said...: Glad he snipped and played...
At July 21, 2012 at 12:33 PM , Jessie Powell said...: Haha! I loved "got a scissors" - because that's how a kid would describe scissors.
At July 21, 2012 at 5:45 PM , jaum said...: Love these short stories but they aren't long enough!! Go Figger
At July 22, 2012 at 2:04 PM , Trifectawritingchallenge said...: Thanks for linking up with Trifextra this weekend! Great lesson here--they do grow up quickly and they absolutely fail to appreciate whatever it is we're doing online. Nice job with the prompt!

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#leap

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