[Write the Story] Caught in the Rain
Prompt: Caught in the Rain
Words: Las Vegas, radiology, etch, funeral, textile, sweep, muslin, wholesale, wildlife, English
Story
Who knew you could get drenched in Las Vegas, but you can while on your way to a funeral and while wearing muslin. I couldn’t show up to Dr. English’s services looking like a drowned rat in wrinkled and now see through outfit. It wouldn’t be respectful or professional. Most of the others would be our colleagues in radiology.
I saw a wholesale textile shop. I could do a quick sweep, grab a new outfit and be on my way. I hit a snag; all the prints had wildlife. I don’t know which was worse, but I had to go. So, I picked something, dashed back out.
“Karen!â€
I turned to see a rain blurry figure hurrying toward me. “Alec? I thought you’d be at the service already.â€
“Forget the service, you have to come with me.â€
“How could you say that? Dr. English…â€
“Would totally understand. What we’ve discovered could etch our names in history.â€
Who talks like that? Fortunately, I managed to not say that out loud. “What are you talking about?â€
“Dr. English’s weather research. We cracked it. We can influence the weather.â€
“What?â€
“How else do you think this rain on his funeral happened? It’s Nevada.â€
“Show me.â€
Word Count: 202
Written: 1/14/2020
3 Comments
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Interesting take. Possibly the opening to a larger story. A thriller? A murder mystery? Contemporary fantasy? I’d be curious to know how you see it.
I went for the cliché vignette, published on my own long-inactive blog.
https://seekingthewayout.wordpress.com/2020/01/28/caught-in-the-rain-129-words/
Yeah, a lot of these are snippets. It’s whatever happens. This might be a longer story someday, but right now I haven’t thought much about it.