An enjoyable read. Around here, all the ice cream parlors close for the winter, so I guess I'll just sit in the parking lot and if anyone asks if I need something I'll answer, “Nope. Guess I’ll just wait for Spring.”
I doubt it. The point of these microscopic stories is that they last for 100 words and that's it. So the most I can hope from them is a quick grin or thought and the reader moves on. This one depends a lot on irony, I suppose.
I suspect we've all had experiences like this, TJ. But this one came at a time when I was really looking for something to write about. Hence the "heaven" comment. ;)
Alfred Romford was unprepared for the day he caught a mermaid. The chance of a fortune to be made was his first thought, of course. But that was before he had brought the creature to shore.
One glance into those deeply azure eyes and all dreams of money evaporated instantly. He really had no option but to detach the mermaid from his hook and help her back into the water.
As she swam away, he realised that the story must remain forever untold. Let it never be said that Alfred, sage and fisherman, was going silly in his old age.
Word count: 100
For Micro Fiction Challenge, Week 2
Prompt: Fisherman.
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