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Chum

April 24, 2025 7 Comments

By Daniel Gooding

My pal Eddie took me out on his boat, said we were going shark fishing.

“Hey, Eddie!” I yelled. “Don’t we need one of those buckets of pink stuff you throw in to attract them?”

“No need, buddy!”

I felt a great whack in the head that knocked me upside down, and suddenly I was in the water, bouncing along in the waves behind the boat.

“Eddie, buddy!” I called out. “I’m in the water!”

“Yeah!” he shouted back. “I know!”

The boat curved around to the right then. Straight ahead of us, the water was white and frothy like toothpaste.

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  1. Michelle Mellon says

    April 24, 2025 at 6:46 am

    Ha ha. Love.

    Reply
  2. Dan Cooper says

    April 24, 2025 at 3:24 pm

    Nicely done!

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  3. Tom says

    April 24, 2025 at 8:39 pm

    Nicely done, and love the title!

    Reply
  4. PK says

    April 30, 2025 at 10:44 am

    Ooooh! Salty!

    Reply
  5. Ekta Garg says

    April 30, 2025 at 7:23 pm

    A micro thriller! Amazing!

    Reply
  6. Sharon Murphy says

    May 1, 2025 at 4:03 pm

    Glad I’m not a pal of Eddie. Great story.

    Reply
  7. Laura Amey says

    May 4, 2025 at 7:48 am

    Great story!

    Reply

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