Friday Fictioneers is hosted by the wonderful Rochelle, the undisputed master of what I call Sound Bite Fiction.
She sets the weekly challenge, the standard, and the prompt photo.
The idea, as always, is to write a story of around 100 words based on the picture below, which this week is one of her own.
© Rochelles Wisoff-Fields
Click here to hear the author read his words:
Tony Casquette
Well, well, imagine that.
As Willie Shakespeare might have said, who’da thunk it?
Portuguese Tony is not as dumb as he looks.
Some of you might recall that I was asked to, erm, solve a wee problem.
He was that wee problem.
Or rather, his big mouth was.
He upset a lot of people.
The wrong people.
The people who pay me to solve wee problems.
So I took the appropriate steps.
Nearly.
It did not go quite as planned.
So right now I have my own problem.
Tony.
I’ll try again, more carefully, when I get out of hospital.
Sound Bite Fiction 
‘Twas a flattering twist at the close!🐬💦
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If I amused my second favourite Mermaid, I am happy.
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Oops. He may have underestimated Tony.
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Very perceptive of you, Sascha!
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Tony is like another Steven Segal or Chuck Norris! 🙂
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Laughing.
But a tad more Portuguese than either of those gentlemen!
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Gently does it, now. Everyone thinks a wee problem is easy to deal with, but if you are complacent those wee problems become an enormous headache. From a simple job of replacing a light build to electrocuting a grass can be tricky.
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Oh I’m in hospital and now you’re full of advice!
Thanks a bundle, bud!
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Really liked this, very Damon Runyon
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As the great man said, all life is 6 to 5 against!
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I enjoyed where you took the idea of steps. Next step? A Tony redux.
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Well spotted, Alicia, steps come in various forms…
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Oh dear, Tony wins again!! Great little tale
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Thank you, sir, but I ain’t through yet!
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Wee Tony turned out to be a big problem!
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I’ll be back!
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gotta live and learn somehow. 🙂
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The hard way, in this case!
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A ‘wee’ problam? Was that deliberate? Good story.
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Don’t think I understand this, Liz, but then I’m pretty dense at the best of times!
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He’ll leave hospital more determined than ever I’m sure! Having said that, I hope he doesn’t succeed, we’d miss Tony!
Here’s mine!
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I’m baffled by how everyone is rooting for Tony!
What have I done?
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I like how he’s determined to finish the job even after his little hospital visit!
Yes, “Willie” Shakespeare was famous for spouting “who’da thunk it” around ye olde pubs of Stratford-upon-Avon 🙂
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He was a rough and ready sort, Big Bill!
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A lot of depth in such a short tale, ce. It reminds me of the seasoned gunslinger who hasn’t recognised that it’s time to retire when younger, faster people arrive on the scene. I can’t help thinking that your hero’s employers will put him into permanent retirement before Tony gets his chance. And hospitals can be very dangerous places…
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Gosh, you are a ray of sunshine!
I was putting it down to a minor mishap, a moment’s carelessness, but suddenly I find I’m on the scrapheap!
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I was talking about the character, not about you, ce. Unless …
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Laughing.
I did get that, John.
Until you said ‘Unless’
Hmmm…
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You set me wondering whether your stories might be a more autobiographical than I’d thought. No disrespect intended, but I might start sleeping with one eye open just in case.
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I chuckled at the last line, C.E. Tony is not as easy to eliminate as some of your earlier “problems.” Every hero needs a formidable foe.
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Some characters are hard to bump off!
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Even with one foot in the grave, you can’t keep a good (or bad) Portuguese Tony down.
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Yeah, we’ll see…
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I love hearing you read your tales! Geat ending.
Ronda
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Thank you, Ronda, much appreciated
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I love the way this one turned out. And I always enjoy listening to you read your stories.
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Thank you, Linda. Twice.
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By the way, I was investigating the possibility of reading my own stories aloud, and in the process I discovered my computer’s internal microphone has been damaged. Rats! Maybe I’ll have to investigate a different method, or I could just drop it. Oops. Unintended play one words. I did drop it–my computer that is–and perhaps that’s what damaged the microphone.
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You could try talking to your phone and transferring it, but then you probably need an MP4 to MP3 conversion, bit of a hassle.
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Yeah, I’m not sure it’s worth the effort. I was just curious about it.
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Hurrah! Eagerly awaiting the next episode…
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I suspect there will be one eventually…
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A laugh-out-loud story, CE! Good ol’, bad ol’ Tony – I’m delighted he’s still generating carbon dioxide!
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A veritable bad penny, Penny!
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Flypaper Tony. Not so easy to get rid of. The last line made me chuckle.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Glad to hear it, m’lady
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Yay! It’a alive! It’s alive!
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Like Sherlock Holmes, he is back by public demand
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I love how you’ve clearly conveyed such a big story in so few words.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Thank you, Susan, glad you enjoyed
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