Prompts = Disregard, Lush, Bleed
Story 1 — The Lush Law
In an effort to reduce drunk driving incidents, a local town council recently passed a kind of “know your customer” law (inspired by similar laws in financial services industries). The bartenders call it the “Lush Law”. Which means Tom, the bouncer of the Corner Craft Beer bar, has to collect the car keys of everyone known to drink to excess. Disregarding the law results in harsh civil penalties.
Since the council didn’t bother to define what exactly they meant by “known to drink to excess”, the business chose to expand into the Corner Craft Beer bar, hotel, and car park.
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Story 2 — I Love This Band
Photo by Austin Wade on Unsplash
‘Welcome back to Matt Varley’s Hit Parade. I’m Matt Varley and up next is a band I’ve admired ever since I was in high school, because we went to the same school. Since then, their soundscape has developed in several different directions, resulting in their lush signature sound. Layered on top of that is German Germain’s lyrics, which he delivers in a gritty, harsh, almost strident tone. It’s haunting.
‘My camerawoman is making a tapping on the watch motion. What is it, Mom?’
‘Don’t disregard my motioning! You’re out of time!’
‘Oh. Sorry. Can you guys come back next week?’
Links to other sites where I publish:
Blogger = https://onehundredwordsbyparz.blogspot.com
Medium = https://medium.com/100-word-or-less-stories
YouTube = https://www.youtube.com/user/parzivalsattva
And a link to where my Lovely Lady Love (who also operates the camera) posts her art: https://www.youtube.com/user/recyclinggoddess
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