Fiction / Drabble / Challenge
The Story of Mary Jane
A journey to Calaveras County in 1986
The random word for the day is instrument.
Today’s setup is:
You spot an old flame at a rock concert
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The Journey concert was about to start when Joe got his first whiff of what was once a familiar aroma.
“What’s that smell?” his daughter Annie asked.
“It’s called Mary Jane.”
The show went on. There was only one instrument that was affecting Joe. The drumbeats felt like daggers going through his heart.
She bumped into Joe on the way out.
“Hey Joe, what do you know?”
“Mary Jane?”
“Yeah, the red hair is all gone now.”
Then she was gone, too.
“Who was that?” Annie asked.
“Just someone I once knew.”
“I can still smell that stuff,” said Annie.
Let’s listen to Steve Perry sing one of the songs he sang that night in Angel’s Camp.
Here is Nancy Oglesby’s prompt for Day 190 of the Random Word Drabble Challenge on Fiction Shorts:
Anthea Jones turned her drabble yesterday for the random word desire into a poem full of adventure:
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