This is my entry for the Trifecta Writing Challenge, Trifextra: Week 103. We were to write a story in 33 words, and end it with the sentence, “That wasn’t what I meant.” The last sentence didn’t count in the 33-word count.
Link: http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com
I told my friend, Val, “I met someone at a party yesterday. He’s cute, but I really think he’s a bit long in the tooth.”
Her eyes bulged. “Ooh.” She whispered. “A vampire?”
“That wasn’t what I meant.”
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Ha.. I guess either would suck!!
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Thanks for reading my piece, Bjorn. That was a great comment! I laughed out loud when I read it.
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🙂 made me laugh with you
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Good deal! We need to spread more happiness.
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Well you are certainly spreading some happiness with that write. Thanks for sharing! By the way, there’s a typo in your opening sentence 😉
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Thank you for reading my entry, commenting on it and pointing out that typo. I fixed it. I don’t know how I could have read the entry over several times and still missed it. Thanks again.
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LOL. It says a lot about Val that she thinks vampires before old! This is a great short read.
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Thanks a lot for reading my entry, Sarah Ann, and commenting on it. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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Hahaha As someone who’s getting a bit long in the tooth, I salute your humor! lol
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I’d rather have a vamp that an old dude I think. Wait, I suppose the vamp would be an old dude too wouldn’t he?
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Thanks for reading my piece and commenting on it, Mel. Yep. Vampires are often old, even though they may not look like it. I guess it depends on how long ago they became vampires.
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*hahahaha* I laughed out loud. I can totally picture Val and hear her voice. Fabulous!
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Thanks for reading my piece and commenting on it, Christine. I’m glad you enjoyed it, as I had fun writing it.
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Thanks for reading my piece and commenting. I’m glad you enjoyed it. When I write about long in the tooth, I speak from experience, so you’re not alone, but humor helps.
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This piece made my day! Very quirky and fun, and what a great name for your character, too;)
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Thanks for reading my story and commenting on it, Valerie. I’m glad you liked it as I enjoyed working on it. The name “Val” for my character just came to my mind as I don’t have a friend by that name. It was just a happy coincidence that it’s your name also.
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Quirky, fun for sure. Made me laugh!
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Thanks for reading my piece and commenting on it. I’m glad you enjoyed it as I had fun writing it.
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now that was a funny scene. well done with the sparse word count.
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Thanks for reading my piece, Seraphim. I’m glad you enjoyed it. It was fun to write.
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That is so cute! I love wordplay like that.
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Thanks for reading my piece and commenting. I’m glad you liked it as I enjoyed writing it.
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Ha! That’s a good one!
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Thanks for reading my piece and commenting on it. I’m glad you liked it. It was fun to write.
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