Having some free time, Harry Gruen decided to stop by the Six Sentence Café & Bistro (SSC&B) and see his favorite bartender, Denise.
“Hello Luv!” He said as he slid onto the bar stool, “How about you fix me something to take the edge off and then we can talk about going out sometime.”
Denise gave Harry a quirky smile and turned to reach for a dusty bottle on the very top shelf.
She mixed a glass with a vial produced from underneath the bar and served the concoction that swirled with colors like a kaleidoscope to Harry.
Harry paused as the drink seemed familiar, but shrugged and lifted his glass, “Bottoms up, Luv.”
Harry woke up naked, upside down and duct taped to the flagpole thinking, “Not again!”
The challenge? Write a story in 6 sentences, no more & no less, and if you’d like, share your creation or just visit and comment on others’ ideas, with GirlieOnTheEdge, Denise. The prompt is “Edge”, and here’s where you join the party: Six Sentence Stories
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That’s quite an ending twist!
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Thanks, I was laughing so much writing it.
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You’re welcome! 😀
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🙂
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Gotta be careful whom you hit on at a bar!
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Especially a tough bartender
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Oh, that Denise! What a saucy minx. Who knows what she did when she had you nekkid as a jay bird. 🙂
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I’m not sure Harry wants to know.
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A “saucy minx”, Doug? Hm. New one! 😁 Daresay, she did nothing more than what any other saucy minx bartender would do with a pack of sharpie markers, lol
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Enjoyed this 🙂
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Thanks!
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There are just some drinks you shouldn’t even try! 🤣
Good one, Matt… and very familiar! 😉
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So true. Yes, very familiar!
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Nice one, Matt. It goes without saying that you shouldn’t mess with the Bartender. Now, what will you give for us to destroy the footage…?
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Blackmail!?!?!? Hah! Harry is so shameless, he don’t care what you have on him.
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excellent concept… shamelessness!
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🙂
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It sounds like Harry hasn’t learnt his lesson.
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Harry never learns his lesson. I foresee him trying again.
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i hurt my neck on that twist! good one.
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Thanks! I love hearing that the twist worked great.
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Two words: Dude!
Let’s see Dickens top that! Serial fiction for the 21st C Reader… all the twists, turns, damsels in distress (or in this case in control) that used to languish in magazines, a month at a time. A bit faster on the action or plot twists, this online serial fiction, no?
Given the creative talent and personal inclinations of the demographic of this bloghop, the mind boggles at the thought of how your Six plays out in the Reader’s imaginations.
cool
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Thanks! I’m liking this format also. In fact, I’m doing a chapter or two of my book in progress over at Post-apocalyptical fiction forum every week now.
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Oh, dear. He had it coming, but what’s sad is i don’t think he’ll learn from it this time, either!
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Harry never learns. But somehow he always ends up smelling like a rose. Stay tuned.
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Oh, poor Harry.
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Don’t worry, Harry is the type to bounce back.
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Harry’s the proverbial runner ball – you throw him down, he bounces back. i think he HAS learned his lesson – you gotta keep trying! 😉
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Yes, but I think he will change his tactics for the next try. His natural charm and charisma isn’t working on the bartender.
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The Bartender was just having a little fun with Harry 😆 Mr. Gruen should not hesitate to frequent the SSC&B. Besides, no one ever found out what the “assignment” was from when he was in a couple of weeks ago 😉
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I think Harry will be coming back to SSC&B.
His assignment? Does confetti tube aimed at Mimi ring a bell?
Harry’s assignments are weird and varied and sometimes nonsensical. Who gives him these assignments and why is the question no one has ever answered.
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Yah, he had it coming, all right.
But maybe that’s what he was looking for?
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Maybe, but I think he is just enamored with the bartender for some weird reason.
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