Here’s another quick little bit of flash fiction in support of my friend, Jolene’s writing prompts. This one has the following four elements that should be included:
- driver of an ice cream truck
- competitive eater
- wrong side of the tracks
- stairs
Enjoy.
Dennis Marley sat on the stairs with their steep climb to the top of the hill, his destination within sight up where that hill crested. It was only a little more than a city’s block worth of climbing and he would finally arrive.
There was only one problem. The truck.
The damned truck.
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