Last night I saw my father’s ghost.
In a sepulchral whisper he told me he had been murdered by my uncle, who had designs on my mother.
I told him I knew.
I told him he was a worthless drunk who broke Mother’s arm a week before he died, that we had lived in fear of him, that the best thing Uncle Claude ever did for us was to kill him. I told him he would wander forever, unmourned.
Then I went and got drunk.
Through my morning hangover I’m glad of what I said. Though my head hurts something rotten.
The old Bard himself might have liked this one! Well done.
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An update for our times. Very nice!
Enjoyed that immensely.
well played
I love humor in flash fiction (or any fiction for that matter)! Very nicely done!
Great stuff, Ian! Regards to Ophelia…
good work.