Friday Flash: Colors

Colors

The man sat hunched over the explosives, beads of concentration pooling on his forehead. Why did it always have to be red or green? No one ever remembers which wire needs to be pulled anyways. Grinning manically, he put the final black wire in place. All black wires. That’ll teach ‘em.

The end

* I hope you like this. Now I’m off to prepare for Nanowrimo (Feel free to make me a writing buddy if you like)!

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20 Responses to “Friday Flash: Colors”

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    October 23rd, 2009 at 1:14 am

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  2. FogJuice Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 5:09 am

    Ha! This is a great story. I’ve often wondered: why do TV/Movie bombs always have the same color-coding for wires, as well as blinking lights, or even a countdown?

  3. karen from mentor Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 5:36 am

    HA!
    Hopefully the dog will be able to sniff out the right wire.

    :0)

  4. Shannon Esposito Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 5:40 am

    Ha! short, sweet and oh so wicked! Me likes :-)

  5. Laura Eno Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 6:53 am

    Diabolical. :) Great stuff.

  6. Chance Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    thats not very fair!

  7. Clive Martyn Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    Evil :-) very clever.

  8. Marisa Birns Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    Short, sweet, and great!

  9. Cascade Lily Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Excellent. And I always wondered why people don’t make sure the person they just shot is really dead. The baddies never die with just one bullet in them!

  10. Jon the Storyteller Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    Now THAT’s a story. So much said with so little. Awesome, awesome, awesome.

  11. J. M. Strother Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 4:08 am

    Liked it. Now laughing evilly.
    ~jon

  12. Deirdre Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 8:57 am

    I guess this guy doesn’t want to be able to disarm the bomb himself if he accidentally arms it before he places it! Not that I’ll feel sorry for him if it blows up in his face, mind you. (-’

  13. Laurita Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    Short and sharp. Awesome.

  14. Rachel de Carlos Says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    Unexpected and evil ending! Good luck with NaNoWriMo!

  15. mazzz_in_Leeds Says:
    October 25th, 2009 at 1:47 am

    haha, very clever :)
    it’s so true that no one ever remembers which wire to cut!

  16. ganymeder Says:
    October 25th, 2009 at 7:50 am

    Thank you all so much for your comments! I really appreciate the encouragement. :)

  17. Carrie Cleaver Says:
    October 25th, 2009 at 7:53 am

    Simple, the story was told, and I’m snickering. My kind of flash. ^_^

  18. Elizabeth Ditty Says:
    October 25th, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    Remind me never to get on your bad side! Short, sinister and to the point. :-) Great job!

  19. trev Says:
    October 26th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    Oh.
    That was brilliant, effective, and uncomplicated – three qualities I strive for.

  20. KjM Says:
    October 27th, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    Ouch! No fair!

    Very well done. This is sharp and very much to the point. A whole story told with such brevity. Beautiful.

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