Funwriter

About To Crash


A short story by Funwriter.



The gear was stuck or at least it seemed that way, not that I would know, I’ve never flown one of these C-82-B’s before. Careening around a bend and almost knocking the tail off a 42-N, I started to get nervous. The pay -pilot had slumped over dead and I, well, kicked him aside and took over helm as one says. On the way to the market and, oh no, disaster.

At a hundred and four I am a bit old for such things. My pulse was banging and I felt very excited and worried about my heart. BULLARR!, a horn, Damn, almost hit the 66, jeez this is not easy. I flew in low and then out and still couldn't gain control. I might just end it in flames!

GOT TO GET CONTROL, uuhhhggg - ok, leveling off now, GRR, I think I can land this baby - ummph. Thank god for the steroids and the new hip....Yes, got her now - Botox just kicked in.

I see the strip and the curb and bring her in fast, perspiration from the struggle beading down my chest. With a wrench and a twist I manage to set her down with a loud, CLANG! Oh god, I feel exhausted!

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"Grandma, Grandma, stop fiddling around with your wheel chair and come to the cash register right this minute, we haven’t got all day!“

I smile and without a word roll my chair slowly forward to the register.

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Kangfish

Ha! Well played.

Funwriter

Thanks Kangfish, glad you liked it.

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Charlie_Eleanor

LOL, that was fun and funny funwriter

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Paige Turner

I'll never look at old folks in wheel chairs the same way again.
That was delightful!

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i thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

Funwriter

I am so glad you're having fun with my writing. Thanks

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Azmakna

that's a nice little piece. ahem... just needed to mention this... you are pandering to this forum at the moment! i would take stock and break that habit. you have a real flare for telling stories, but they are getting shorter and more frequent. try writing longer short stories for a while otherwise you will lose the ability to get into character

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Funwriter

Az, I think you are under estimating me again

Ok, you want a longer one, do ya ? Well, I'll just have to get on this right away. I may even take this as a challenge.

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Azmakna

i would never underestimate you

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waiting to be written on,
see me as a written page
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Truth-Teller

Hilariously unfunny.

Offensive is more like it.

Very choppy; bad transitions.

Funwriter

Thanks truth, just how I wanted it to read.

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Beethoven

The first time I read this I smiled.

The second time I read this I laughed.

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Foxee

I really enjoyed this, Funwriter! I like the portrayal of a pilot in trouble then pulling the fast one and showing us it's Grandma in her wheelchair. One thing it tells me is that you might get older but you don't have to lose your imagination...something that I'm happy to know!

As for 'pandering to the forum'...I think that's a terribly unfair thing to say. I learned a lot about writing on a similar forum (though it had a smaller membership) and guaged my success by whether my work was read and commented upon.

In my opinion, writing exists to communicate. Writers, if we expect to write for other people to read, must be able to first garner their attention in a world full of noisy distractions. You've managed that!

Also, I don't see anything at all wrong in writing very short pieces (flash fiction). I think they're very difficult to write well and get a whole story into one as you've done here. If you can do that AND make people laugh in 246 words as you've done here, then you're doing ok.

Fun story, great job! Thanks for the laugh.

-Foxee

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Funwriter

Foxee, wow, I am blushing. Thank you so much.

Very true by the way. It has taken me years to get a whole story into as few words as possible.

At first I thought it impossible but with time and lots of work I have almost figured it out. Maybe in the next 10-20 years I'll have it down.

With referance to Az' comment, I don't agree with him and will post a long story today as soon as I am finished with the first 3-4 pages... Maybe I'll use his name more often.. (Az, still love ya man)

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Foxee

Funwriter, I have to confess that I'm a moderator for a weekly challenges forum elsewhere where there is a 500 word limit so your short lil piece has a special place in my heart. If you ever want to challenge yourself with a prompt that I've dredged from the bottom of my tortured brain go to: www.authorsbydesign.com. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

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