a day off: three parts

[editor's note: here's the idea. i could submit mine, but i'd rather share them with you. because you like me. whether you like to admit it or not.]


book 1

standing in the snow, frank watched polly test the cake. as she placed it carefully on the counter, ron burst through the door behind her, slitting her throat with an ice skate. grinning like a boy who’d just flushed his big sister’s toothbrush, frank slowly crouched. “surprise party my ass.”

book 2

stan removed the bloated finger from the prongs of the rake and promptly vomited into the leaves. “what the hell?” he asked rusty, who sat lazily on the porch. the events of last week’s BBQ came back in a flash. he smiled and made a mental note to call jake.

book 3

jake laughed so hard he almost vomited his double cheeseburger without onions. “what an asshole,” he said, thinking about ron standing at the grill, waving the big fork. “where did you find that idiot?” when he hung up, jake laughed some more and made a mental note to call frank.