Tit for Tat

I wrote this to try my hand at serialized 55 Fictions after hearing about the contest from DH and Yumeko... I think I had the wrong idea though... Anyway... these are still funny and “connected”...

So... for your reading pleasure...

#024: The Phantom Menace (#1)

Pat was all alone…

The power was still out…

Crash!!

The sound of shattering glass broke the silence…

Pat: “Who’s there?!”

No reply…

Pat slowly opened the door…

Something gleamed in the dark...

Just then… the lights turned on…

Milk had spilled from a shattered bottle…

Pat watched the culprit drinking it.

Pat: “Bloody cat.”

#022: Pat Strikes Back (#2)

The cat slowly stalked his prey.

It would not be allowed to escape this time…

It was out in the open!

There was no escape…

In a single bound he was upon it.

He lifted up his paw carefully

It had disappeared again.

Pat: “Silly cat!”

Pat put the pointer back in his pocket.

#023: Revenge of the Cat (#3)

The cat dragged its kill by the tail…

It had been a tough battle…

Biting through the creature’s skin had been difficult…

His sharp claws had done the trick.

He was far enough away now…

It was time to eat…

Suddenly; the human appeared…

Pat: “YOU STUPID CAT!!!”

Pat picked up his mangled sneaker.

The numbers on the right are the order that they are to be read... the numbers on the left are the order that I wrote them in... the titles are an obvious reference to the Star Wars...

P.S. : By pointer I mean laser pointer... corporate types might know what I mean...

EDIT:

Made a 4th one in this series... serves as a better conclusion I think.... If I had gone to GingerChai... I would probably have gone with the #2 #3 and #4... in that order...

#025: Return of the Cat (#4)

I walked home leisurely.

The pest was gone.

My new sneakers squeaked a little.

I was watching TV when the doorbell rang.

It was my friend Bob.

Bob: “Hey Pat! I found this in the next town man! Thought you might like it back”

I took the box from him.

It meowed.

I cursed.

My Star Wars themed titles kinda ruin the suspense for this one... but I think its still okay... Be sure to tell me if you think otherwise....

55 Fiction #011: The Hit (Ver. 2)

#011: The Hit (Ver. 2)

Scene: 1

Akram: Didja get ‘em?
Abbas: *Hands out three pistols*
Shankar: Our reputation is at stake… we must not fail…
Abbas: Don’t worry… I never miss my target….

Scene: 2
Nanditha: No!!… Don’t!!…
Laughing raucously… they shoot her in cold blood…
Her white dress stained blood red… she collapses…


*Yelling while fleeing* Holi HAI!!!!


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P.S. I figured I would make a new version... making things slightly more clear... since some people actually thought that Nanditha had died... LoL...

55 Fiction #010: A Jester in Love

#010: A Jester in Love

The knight rode away from the weeping princess…

The jester approached the princess…

What should I do?

This is likely my last chance …

She is vulnerable now… I can make her mine…

He patted her back…

She looked up…

He helped her stand… and guided her to his horse…

“Go on… chase him!”

P.S. Wanted to make it look like the Jester was stealing her away for himself.... dunno if I managed that...

55 Fiction #009: Voyeur

#009: Voyeur

He adjusted his binoculars slightly

Her window came into focus… she was starting to undress…

Jill was wearing black lingerie…

He licked his lips… she started to unhook the straps…

He waited with bated breath…

Suddenly his phone rang… he dropped the binoculars…

Hey Frank… the rest of me is pay-per-view… you dig?

P.S. Probably my favorite of the heap... a bit riqsue.... but makes it more fun eh? LoL... For those of you who want clarification about how she dialed his number without touching a phone... plenty of phones these days have voice activated dialing... so lets just call it that...

55 Fiction #008: The Ubermensch

#008: The Ubermensch

So what’s the latest?

Not much to report sir…

Global Warming?

Dealt with…

World hunger?

You handled that too…

World peace?

You unified the world in a bloodless revolution…

Oh…. Right… Energy crisis?

You invented Fusion yesterday…

What do I do now?

Take a nap?

Good idea…

*Sleeps*

*Awakens*

Damn! It was all a dream…

P.S. In German... the word Ubermensch basically means "superman" someone for whom all the aforementioned feats would not be impossible... so... yeah... a bit esoteric again...

55 fiction #007: Love Letter

#007: Love Letter

Dear Ankita,
How are you?
I have something to tell you.
I wrote to your parents about us.
They have accepted my marriage proposal.
They are probably already fixing the date of our marriage.
I can’t wait to see you.
Love,
Ajay.

The letter arrived today… but… Ajay had been reported KIA a week ago…

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Hmm... this ons was a bit on the tragic side... but I feel that the 55 format didnt do full justice to it... I am definitely gonna rewrite this one into a bigger piece... I can imagine a village like setting... where a pretty girl is dressed in white... in mourning... and a postman on a creaky old bike rides up to deliver this letter...

55 Fiction #006: The Showdown

#006: Showdown

*Two men are in the center of a crowd… the atmosphere is grim*

Just you and me now bro’…

Walk away and you won’t get hurt…

Right back at you punk…

It’s your funeral….

Bring it!

Eat THIS!

*Joe’s hand descended in a swift arc*

*Frank gasped… then collapsed… moaning…*

Goddamit!… A… bloody… Royal Flush...

P.S. For those who dont play cards... (Not that I am much of a poker player myself)... A Royal Flush is THE best hand you can have in a game of Poker.

55 Fiction #005: Revenge is Sweet

#005: Revenge is Sweet

Stop it you…. You… pig!

*He picks up the knife…*

Don’t you dare…

*Smiles evilly* You can’t stop me….

Don’t you have a heart?

This is your fault… and you know it…

*He makes his first incision*

AARGH! STOP!

*He licks the knife*

Mmmmm… Delicious…

DAMN YOU! Eating cake when I am on a diet…

P.S. When I think about all the times I have subjected my female cousins to this treatment... I know that I am going to end up in hell... I just hope I never put myself in the position of having this happen to me... but it was generally their fault really... they would go out and have ice cream and suchlike when I would be in bed with a cold or something... and then they would call to tell me about it...

55 Fiction #004: The Jumper

#004: The Jumper…

Don’t do it man…

Get lost copper…

I’m warning you… step back…

Or what? You’ll shoot me?

God damn you!

Just relax copper… this will be over soon…

Jumping off will be the end…

I know… I wanna go out in a blaze of glory....

*Breathes deeply*

Here I go!

No!!! DON’T!

*Jumps*

Freaking BASE-Jumpers…

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P.S. For the uninitiated.... a BASE-Jumper is someone who jumps of Buildings, Antennas, Span (Bridges) and Earth (Cliffs) wearing a parachute.... just for the thrill of it... its a dangerous sport... and its generally illegal to jump from any of these sorts of places without prior permission... which is usually very hard to get...

55 Fiction #003: The Best Friend

#003: The Best Friend

She’s dead…

I know…

Did you…?

Yes…

Why?

She was cheating on me…

Who was he? Any clues?

She wouldn’t tell me …

Just for that?

Fuck you…

You didn’t have to kill her… I could have talked to her…

Really?

You knew how close we were…

*Gunshot* Bastard… I already knew it was you…

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P.S. This one was a tight squeeze.... I wanted to give the impression of the two dude's being best friends... Not sure if I managed to do that... Also a little profane I guess... but I think the situation merits that...

55 Fiction #015: The Retard

#015: The Retard

This is my husband… he used to be a psychiatrist…

But now he’s… retarded?

Yes… quite severely so…

It is safe?

He can’t understand anything...

You are one messed up lady…

*They make love… and leave*

The ‘Retard’ (*Smiling*): ‘You'd be surprised how interesting people become when they think you're really stupid’

P.S. A bit disturbing methinks… I basically came up with the last line first and wanted to make a story around it… Perhaps I got a little too creative… LoL…

I could see this one being more than a 55 fiction as well but I am pretty sure I would butcher it… and be forced to add a lot of unnecessary sleaze… but the gist is that the dude is pretending to be a retard… (Don’t ask why!... Maybe he is getting material for some aweome thesis or sumsuch…) and how he observes that the behavior of his erstwhile ‘peers’ is much different from the past (when they didn’t think him to be retarded)…

When you think about it… everyone acts different around different people… our true selves are often only revealed to those who (we think) are in no position to have any effect on our lives… i.e. the ones whom we perceive to be weak (Perhaps retarded?), or ones who are 'beneath us,' or simply those who are too far removed from our actual lives… so… that there is my social message for the day I guess…

55 Fiction #002: The Mujahid

#002: The Mujahid

Almost there… hah… the mission… hah… will be over soon…

He watched the crowd passing by… men… women… children… completely oblivious…

A fragment of the briefing flashed through his mind… “…death to the infidel…”

With trembling hands… he pressed the button… the world went white…

Mission accomplished.

Booyah!! Cleared the Mujahid RPG in 1 day!!

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P.S. A Mujahid RPG would be in pretty bad taste... and so.... yeah... not my best creative effort.... but its... how should I say it.... just me starting to grease the wheels.... warm myself up.... The others are better... I promise... LoL...

55 Fiction #011: The Hit

#011: The Hit

Scene: 1

Akram: Didja get ‘em?

Abbas (patting his backpack…): They’re all here…

Shankar: Our reputation is at stake… we must not fail…

Abbas: Don’t worry… I never miss my target….

Scene: 2

Nanditha: No!!… Don’t!!…

Laughing raucously… they shoot her in cold blood…

Her pristine white dress stained blood red… she collapses…

Holi HAI!!!!

I figured I should put this one up now… given the theme… I hope you enjoyed it...

55 Fiction Rush...

So.... as I said before... I saw the 55 fictions on some blogs.... (Namely Samandrita chan and Omkar kuns blogs)... and I thought it might be cool to write one.... and I did.... you might have read it... Anyway... it was hard... but fun... and I thought... why not do another?

4 hours later I had 10 of them... the format is compelling.... trying to squeeze in a story in 55 words is so hard! But the end result was surprisingly good (at least IMO).... I will admit that my 2nd attempt was not spectacular... but the others I feel pretty good about... I will be putting them out weekly....

So... heres the schedule.... I put up the titles so you can try to imagine what theyre about... LoL... and so that you know I didnt cheat! (They are all ready to go right now...)... Also... I guess I could convert those titles to links to the posts as I make em...

#001: Peer Pressure

#002: The Mujahid

#003: The Best Friend

#004: The Jumper

#005: Revenge is Sweet

#006: The Showdown

#007: Love Letter

#008: The Ubermensch

#009: Voyeur

#010: A Jester in Love

55 Fiction #001: Peer Pressure

I saw some of these on other blogs... thought I would try my hand out at one myself.... Damn this is hard... But it was fun...

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Peer Pressure...

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What are you waiting for?

I’m not sure if I want to do this…

Dude… come on… everyone does it…

Why?

Why? Just… cause…

I don’t want any trouble…

There won’t be…

But… what if…

Jeez… you’re lame… I’ll ask AJ instead…

No wait... I'll do it..

Finally!… All that dithering… for a single proxy…

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P.S. : For the uninitiated... (I doubt there are very many)... but by 'proxy'... I was referring to the practice of having someone else sign for your attendance on a register... a tactic frequently employed by college students all over the world... (I wish my professors didnt know me well enough so that they wouldnt notice I was missing when I try this myself)...