Charli Mill’s over at The Carrot Ranch, recently ran a fantastic Flash Fiction Rodeo. The various contests attracted a few entries by spammers, one of which has raised a bit of a laugh by Charli and the contest leader, Geoff le Pard. You can read Charli’s amusing post about this particular spam post here: https://carrotranch.com/2017/11/09/november-9-flash-fiction-challenge-2/.
Charli’s challenge this week was for us to write a piece of flash fiction, in exactly 99-words, on who the spammer, Nanjo Castille, might be in real life. Here is my piece:
Flash Fiction offering:
I, Nanjo Castille sit in my office staring at funeral home handouts. When with the public, I am calm, reassuring, kind and almost stoic. The mourning around me is not my own. When time permits, I write nonsensical flash fiction that looks like spam and submit it to Carrot Ranch. It eases the pain I see on a daily basis. I absolutely hate good-byes, those of others and my own. At day’s end, I loose my tied back hair, hang the suit up, and ride the long way home on my Harley enjoying the smells and sights of life.
11/14/2017 at 05:37
Susan welcome and glad you joined in on giving Nanjo a life although the life you gave him sounds a little depressing. At least it explains why he writes with such humour. This funeral man sounds like he needs to get a new job – he likes life too much. Great flash.
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11/14/2017 at 06:13
Thank you Irene. If I had been able to use more words, I would have added the money was too good to leave the job…….
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11/15/2017 at 23:35
Hi Susan! Good to see you at the Ranch. I can see the Nanjo you’ve imagined for us in this flash — sad, yet prone to duty and freedom of the road.
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11/16/2017 at 08:55
Thank you Charli. I know a couple guys like Nanjo so it was a natural story for me.
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11/16/2017 at 15:56
Then it seems you have a compassion for the Nanjos of the world.
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