This is my contribution this week to the challenge Monday’s Finish the Story hosted by Barbara Beacham. Every Monday, Barbara supplies a new picture prompt along with the first sentence to be used for the story. The original story to be written should have only 100 to 150 additional words. I’ve bolded the first senten given with the picture prompt. Be sure to click on the little blue frog in the blue box to read the other stories.
The link for all other stories is as follows:
http://mondaysfinishthestory.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/mondays-finish-the-story-january-19th-2015/
Genre: Realistic Humor Fiction
Word Count: 5+1+149=155
MURDEROUS By P.S. Joshi
“They finally made their escape.”
As I wrote that, I dreamed of fame. Maybe I’d be a famous writer someday. I loved to write thriller stories.
The more people I literarily killed, the better. My favorite threat to someone who made me mad was to tell them one day I’d make them a villain in one of my books and shoot them full of holes.
Mom got hold of one of my stories one day and looked at me as though she’d never really seen me before.
“Laura,” she asked, slightly shocked, “how do you come up with this stuff? When I was fifteen I wanted to be a cheerleader and buy new clothes.”
She shook her head. “I just don’t know how a daughter of mine could be interested in killing.”
Just then the phone rang. She listened, then shouted, “She said ‘that’ about me! I’ll kill her!”
Musings on Life & Experience 
Ha! Like mother like daughter! 🙂
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Thanks Aileen. True, but the mom can’t see it. So glad you enjoyed the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Oh, the sins of the parents. Gotta be careful! I wasn’t quite sure where you were heading, but I like it. Well done.
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Thanks Caerlynn. Don’t worry. No one will really be harmed because of this story. I’m so pleased you liked the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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The God like powers the writer enjoys is so addictive. Enjoyed reading this. 🙂
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Thanks Yarnspinnerr. I’m very glad you enjoyed it. It was all in fun. 😀 🙂 — Suzanne
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That was great! So funny.
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Thanks Diana. I’m really glad you enjoyed it. It was fun to write. 🙂 — Suzanne
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I was going to say “like mother like daughter” but I see Aileen beat me to it.
Let’s hope the daughter keeps her killing confined to her writing!
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Thanks Ali. I think she’ll be okay. I worry more about the young kids who play violent vidio games before they’re mature enough to understand the difference between the gaming world and the real world. Of course the mother in my story could be a better example for her daughter. Unfortunately, she doesn’t seem to recognize she’s doing the wrong things. What a parent does has more impact than what they say. In making the nasty person a villain in a story you write was from a cartoon I saw. 🙂 — Suzanne
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I love it! That last line: Perfect! Thank you again for taking part in this weekly challenge! I look forward to what you come up with next week! Be well! ^..^
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Thanks Barb. I’m so glad you loved the story. I enjoyed writing that one and hope I didn’t offend anyone. It was really meant in jest. I hate violence myself. Parents really should watch what they say and so around kids though. They set an example. I’ll be looking forward to next week’s prompt. 🙂 — Suzanne
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🙂
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Ah, that sounds familiar somehow. 🙂
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Thanks Penshift. Making someone you don’t like into a villain in your next novel seems to be a standing joke among writers. Hearing someone say they’ll “kill” a person who offends them is also a bit too common. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Its part if classic character creation technique of basing them off real people. I like to think I don’t kill characters off because I have decent moral compass. But, really, its because I am afraid to give birth to homicidal maniac who’s scarier than Dexter. 🙂
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Thanks Penshift. I watched a bit of Dexter and even that scared me. I’d never seen anything like that before. I know what you mean. I think what’s really scary is that the person can act perfectly normal and still be mentally way off base. I could write something like that also, but don’t know if I want to. Sometimes you almost have to kill off a character, but I’d like to think I’d do it for a good reason, to benefit the story, not just killing for killings sake.
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Ahh! The inherited traits ~Better to leave murder in the mind~ The pen can satisfy the bloodlust 🙂
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Thanks John. That “murder in the mind” part was from what seems to be a standing joke among writers as to how they make a person who annoys them into the villain in their next novel. Of course, “bloodlust” is not really a good thing on paper or in reality. Parent should of course be careful what kind of example they’re setting for their kids. — Suzanne
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Hmm – I wonder where she get’s it from? The complete obliviousness of her mother really adds to the humour of the ending. Great story!
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Thanks Afairymind. I meant that last line to add the real humor. I’m glad I succeeded and you liked the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Good one Suzanne, I liked the ending and yes haven’t we all had that urge to write stories in which our lest favoured people end up the targets in the shooting gallery.
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Thanks Michael. Actually, I never had anyone I disliked that much. I hope I never do. I wonder now how many thriller authors were killing of people they didn’t like. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Ha.. To easy to use that phrase.. And writing those thriller stories might be a better choice than a cheerleader anyway 😉
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Thanks Bjorn. Since being a cheerleader was never one of my goals, I’d much rather write thriller stories. I think it would be much more fun. 🙂 — Suzanne
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An amusing story, Suzanne. I love the way you build it up – Mom’s total incomprehension of her daughter’s obsession with killing off her fictional characters to the hilarious last line. It’s funny, though, how many of us use that phrase in anger, ‘I’ll kill him / her!’
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Thanks Millie. I know. We usually don’t think about what it means when we say it in anger. It’s become quite common. I’m so glad you loved the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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