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This week’s prompt is… and so it begins… +100 words
THE W.P.P.
Tom kicked the night table. “Lousy life.” The lamp crashed to the floor, yanked back by its cord. “Time for new coordinates.” He grabbed the whiskey bottle before it tipped. The neck tight in his fist, he guzzled the last mouthful and slammed it on the dresser.
His head snapped at the urgent fist on the door.
“That your car on fire?”
Outgrown hair shoved aside, Tom snatched his knapsack and dashed to the bathroom window. Sweat streamed from every orifice. “Come-on, come-on.” He grunted and heaved.
The front door exploded.
Tom bolted.
And so it begins again. The Witness Protection Plan doesn’t work.
© 2014 TAK
How the Cookie Crumbles 
December 2, 2014 at 6:41 pm
Primo! See? This is an example of why I say you are so g.o.o.d.
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December 2, 2014 at 8:02 pm
Thank you, Kanzen. Did the title confuse you? I didn’t want to give the story away.
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December 2, 2014 at 8:13 pm
No, it didn’t.having acquaintances in , law enforecment, especially inPhiladelphia, one learns about….twisty things.
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December 3, 2014 at 8:50 pm
😀 😀 😀 Twisty things. Love THAT. ❤ You must have met some real 'entertaining' characters and heard twisty stories. 😀
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December 2, 2014 at 7:10 pm
You write like this is a movie script. This is good, you pulled me in immediately, another brilliant 100 worder my lovely 💙
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December 3, 2014 at 8:40 pm
Thank you for your keen eye, Jen. I so appreciate your kind words. The best part is pulling you in. 🙂
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December 4, 2014 at 12:54 am
Hook, line and sinker 😉 xx
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December 4, 2014 at 9:29 am
❤ ❤ ❤
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December 2, 2014 at 7:12 pm
I enjoyed this, Tess! That last line was terrific!
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December 3, 2014 at 8:42 pm
Thank you, Laura. That’s high marks from you. You kind input makes my day. ❤
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December 2, 2014 at 7:40 pm
Alrighta,good one Teas, some real emotion in those words…temper a flying. 😀
I’ve missed participating at prompt blogs, I’m going to give one of these a go soon. See ya there.
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December 3, 2014 at 8:44 pm
I appreciate your kind words, Geraldine. Thank YOU.
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December 2, 2014 at 7:58 pm
Really good one! 🙂
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December 3, 2014 at 8:46 pm
Glad you think so. Thank you, Paulette. ❤ ❤ ❤
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December 2, 2014 at 8:34 pm
“The witness protection program didn’t work” LOL good one, loved it
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December 3, 2014 at 8:55 pm
I decided not to make him a criminal. Too convenient.
😀 😀 😀
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December 2, 2014 at 9:01 pm
I love it! Made me smile.
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December 3, 2014 at 8:57 pm
Wonderful. Thank YOU, Nancy. I hadn’t thought how this would turn out and then it did. 🙂
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December 2, 2014 at 9:05 pm
My heart was racing in less than 100 words! Tess your ability to draw a reader in so quickly never ceases to amaze me. Well done!
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December 3, 2014 at 9:01 pm
You are a kind and gentle soul and I adore your comments. Thank you. 😀 😀 ❤
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December 3, 2014 at 9:01 pm
You are most welcome! My comments are from the heart. 🙂
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December 3, 2014 at 10:53 pm
As are mine, Due. You are WEL-come. ❤
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December 3, 2014 at 12:44 am
Oh! Wasn’t sure where you were going, but that’s the fun part! Tess, you really do have a gift. Mega hugs!
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December 3, 2014 at 9:04 pm
You are too generous, Teagan, I I humbly thank you. I saw where this was going: he’d be the run-of-the-mill criminal. Boring. So I had an epiphany! Go figure. 😀 😀
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December 3, 2014 at 2:39 am
Once I ‘got it’ I loved it!
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December 3, 2014 at 9:14 pm
Thank you. At first it felt Tom was the criminal, but that’s too common. Then, a eureka moment! 😀
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December 3, 2014 at 3:49 am
There goes my thought for an ending,, great surprise. 😉
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December 3, 2014 at 9:16 pm
I had no intention of creating a surprise at all. The muse is good sometimes. Thank YOU. ❤
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December 3, 2014 at 4:44 am
Ooh scary, loved the last line.
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December 3, 2014 at 9:17 pm
😀 :-D. Thank YOU, Rosie. Funny how these come about.
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December 3, 2014 at 5:49 am
Another great one Tess!!! And no, it does NOT work!!! I’d be bolting before the door exploded !!!!
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December 3, 2014 at 9:21 pm
You have something to tell us? The W.P.P. didn’t work for YOU?
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December 4, 2014 at 6:02 am
I’ve said too much…..
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December 4, 2014 at 9:39 am
😀 😀 😀
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December 3, 2014 at 6:13 am
Oh no. will he survive?
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December 3, 2014 at 9:22 pm
Seems he’s been found before. Must be good at running out on time. What a lousy life! 😀 😀
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December 3, 2014 at 8:37 am
I can never tell where the story is headed. You are the queen of suspense.
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December 3, 2014 at 9:28 pm
😀 😀
Maybe a lady-in-waiting. No Queen material yet, but I do thank you for your kind words. ❤
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December 3, 2014 at 8:39 am
Oh and ❤ ❤
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December 3, 2014 at 9:33 pm
😀
❤ ❤ ❤
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December 3, 2014 at 8:59 am
Another brilliant ending! I was wondering where the WPP was going.
Which reminds me … if you have Netflix, there is a series called Lillehammer about a New Yorker in the Mafia put in the WPP. He asks to be sent to Lillehammer, Norway. It might be just our off-the-wall sense of humour, but we found the series very funny 🙂
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December 3, 2014 at 9:37 pm
I’m comfortable in off-the-wall anything. I cancelled Netflix some time ago as I wasn’t watching it. Sounds good though. I like that kind of story because you never know what will happen next. Puts me in mind of the Fugitive for a second.
I’ll keep the name in mind though. I thank you for mentioning it to me. ❤ ❤
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December 4, 2014 at 8:07 am
As a kid, The Fugitive was my first introduction to the injustice of the world where every episode did not end with that episode’s problem resolved. I found the show disturbing because of it, but became a huge David Janssen fan.
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December 4, 2014 at 9:45 am
Oh, yes! I was a great fan of David Janssen. ~(~_*)~~
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December 3, 2014 at 9:09 am
Amazing and exciting!
But *every* orifice? Ew.
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December 3, 2014 at 9:42 pm
I’m identifying. You’re a guy. What happens when you’re running for your life and the window in the bathroom won’t co-operate.
One hundred words is for drama, no? 😀 😀 😀
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December 3, 2014 at 9:36 am
Frightening! That was astounding!
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December 3, 2014 at 9:44 pm
Thank you, Glynis. I’m pleased you were astounded.
Wow. ❤
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December 3, 2014 at 6:23 pm
The back flap of a book. Sure sounds appealing, Tess.
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December 3, 2014 at 10:51 pm
You’re amazing, Jacqui. That idea crossed my mind when I blew off the erasure leavings. Okay, imaginary ones after how many re-tries?
Nah. I don’t know that i’m into mystery writing. <3. Maybe I'll try my hand at a few shorts first. Thank YOU. ❤ ❤
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December 3, 2014 at 7:05 pm
Quite unexpected!! 🙂
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December 3, 2014 at 10:51 pm
😀 Thank YOU. To me, as well.
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December 3, 2014 at 9:47 pm
Powerfull stuff. Glad it’s not me 🙂
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December 3, 2014 at 11:01 pm
Thank YOU. I hadn’t expected this great response this week.
Sometimes the muse does her own thing. Thank you, Muse. ❤
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December 4, 2014 at 5:42 am
Fantastic!
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December 4, 2014 at 7:56 am
Had no idea what the title meant so I read on with great intrigue and then found the perfect answer. Wow, I can smell his sweat from here…another wonderful flash Tess, you grabbed tightly by the neck with this one 🙂 ❤ ⭐
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December 4, 2014 at 9:43 am
Glad you got the whiff of sweat. I think fear smells different than sweat from work, don’t you? It’s sick and sour.
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December 4, 2014 at 10:24 am
Definitely 😮
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December 4, 2014 at 8:56 pm
😀 😀 😀
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December 5, 2014 at 7:28 am
How about these? 🐻 ⭐ 🙄 *Loving the fun”
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December 5, 2014 at 7:46 am
Haven’t seen the last one. No semi-colons?
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December 5, 2014 at 8:56 am
No…just made that up, lol 😉
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December 6, 2014 at 11:59 am
Ha ha.
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December 4, 2014 at 5:16 pm
I wonder where he’ll land next. Reads like a fun action movie.
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December 4, 2014 at 9:39 pm
Action would be terrific! 😀 😀
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December 4, 2014 at 8:49 pm
Poor man… yet antoher run in his future. Well done, Tess!
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December 4, 2014 at 9:42 pm
Thank you. Thank you for your kind support.
❤
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December 5, 2014 at 9:15 pm
Outgrown hair..does that mean he’s outgrown it, or it has outgrown him? I like it.
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December 6, 2014 at 12:11 pm
😀 😀
Glad this works for you. Here a stylish haircut grows too long and is no longer attractive, or hair is too long.
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December 5, 2014 at 10:04 pm
Tess you should write plays! Oh, and at least he saved the whiskey bottle! 🙂 ❤
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December 6, 2014 at 12:12 pm
Amazing what one can do to not allow good liquor spill. 😀 😀
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December 7, 2014 at 4:20 pm
Perfectly rendered, you are so good. You are getting better and better at these.
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December 7, 2014 at 4:55 pm
Honest, Val? I hope so, but don’t know unless you mean what you say. I have been striving to improve. Thank you. ❤ ❤
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