Monday, 17 January 2011

Microfiction Monday #37



Susan at Stony River hosts this fun theme each Monday, so do pop over and read the others who have signed Mr. Linky. The rules are thus:



Every Monday Susan will post a picture for the subject of your story. Microfiction means the shortest of short stories. Think Aesop's fables, comic strips, or even jokes: complete stories that can be told in under a minute. For this game, the limit is a tweetable 140 characters or fewer, including punctuation.


Here's today's picture and my contribution.




The artist was proud of his sketch for the next edition of Samurai Heroes.




He was deflated when the editor complained that a parasol wasn’t a proper weapon for a Samurai.


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25 comments:

  1. Sylvia K17 January 2011 at 14:42

    What a party pooper editors can be! Terrific MF for the day! Hope you have a great week!

    Sylvia

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  2. anthonynorth17 January 2011 at 14:47

    Editors can be such spoil sports :-)

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  3. Ron17 January 2011 at 16:00

    "He was deflated when the editor complained that a parasol wasn’t a proper weapon for a Samurai."

    Bwhahahahahahahahaha!

    Brilliantly clever as usual, m'dear!

    Welcome back! Hope you had a wonderful time on your beer and wine jaunt. Can't wait to hear all about it!

    Have a super Monday!

    X

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  4. Peggy17 January 2011 at 16:20

    What do editors know anyway.
    I loved it!

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  5. Commander Zaius17 January 2011 at 17:10

    Editors suck.

    ...complained that a parasol wasn’t a proper weapon for a Samurai.

    I don't know, thinking off the top of my head add a force field extending from the parasol and it might come in handy.

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  6. Finding Pam17 January 2011 at 18:30

    All of theses comments are priceless. I can't top that.

    Great post as usual.

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  7. Charlene Amsden17 January 2011 at 18:42

    That editor has no imagination or insight! I understand that a well trained samurai can successfully use just about anything as a weapon!

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  8. Unknown17 January 2011 at 19:29

    Great Short description that tells a wonderful story

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  9. Anonymous17 January 2011 at 20:53

    Loved the last line. LOL What do editors know anyway?

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  10. cheshire wife17 January 2011 at 21:27

    He was obviously court short and he improvised!

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  11. Odat17 January 2011 at 22:48

    I love the idea of micro fiction!!
    That is so cool and your lil stories are great!!! I see you're still doing Flash Fiction! Good for you and good seeing you again!
    Peace

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  12. A Lady's Life17 January 2011 at 22:57

    lol this was funny. You be sirprised what and umbrella can do lol

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  13. Susan Fobes18 January 2011 at 00:43

    Well, his editor does have a point doesn't he? Good one!

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  14. Travis Cody18 January 2011 at 02:31

    Anybody can do a couple of swords. It takes real panache to pull off the parasol.

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  15. secret agent woman18 January 2011 at 03:14

    Editors can be so picky!

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  16. moondustwriter18 January 2011 at 06:02

    yeh what fun are editors
    oops - I'm fun and I'm one ...


    Have a great week sweetie

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  17. g-man18 January 2011 at 12:13

    Ha!
    Great Minds think alike....

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  18. Cad18 January 2011 at 13:56

    It never pays an artist to get smug about his work...

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  19. Pat18 January 2011 at 15:34

    He should submit it to the Harvard Review; they'll like it.

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  20. Akelamalu18 January 2011 at 16:18

    Thanks Sylvia and the same to you. x

    Indeed they can Anthony ;)

    Glad you enjoyed it Ron. I'll be posting about our trip tomorrow :)

    Precisely Peggy!

    I think a force field is just what that parasol needs Beach Bum!

    Thanks Pam x

    Of course you're right Quilly a fully trained samurai can use anything!

    Cheers Dave :)

    So pleased you liked it storytreasury :)

    Improvisation of course Cheshire Wife ;)

    Maybe you'll join in Microfiction Monday eh Odat?

    An umbrella can do a lot of damage I know Lady's Life ;)

    I suppose he does SusanFobes

    Yes it does Trav !

    Indeed they can SAW LOL

    You know all about it Moondustwriter, being in the trade so to speak. ;)

    Indeed they do G-man ;)

    You're right Cad!

    Good idea Pat ;)

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  21. Linda18 January 2011 at 20:55

    Maybe it's a parasol with a hidden sword in its handle, ya never know!

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  22. Maude Lynn18 January 2011 at 23:22

    Editors!

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  23. Cloudia19 January 2011 at 01:40

    %$@*&!##$_+%!!!
    Editors!




    Aloha from Waikiki

    Comfort Spiral

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  24. Akelamalu19 January 2011 at 11:40

    Ah, it could be Linda !

    Indeed, they spoiled his day Mama Zen

    Quite Cloudia ;)

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  25. Anonymous22 January 2011 at 06:44

    Fire that editor, bah!

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