{"id":22636,"date":"2020-05-03T16:02:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T20:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=22636"},"modified":"2020-05-03T16:05:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T20:05:10","slug":"microfiction-practice-3-mush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/microfiction-practice-3-mush\/","title":{"rendered":"Microfiction Practice #3: Mush!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"smalltext highlight\"><em>[Don&#8217;t know what this is? See <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/working-in-the-small\/\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a> for some background.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prompt #214:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Genre: romantic comedy<\/li><li>Word: <em>action<\/em><\/li><li>Action: enlisting an ally<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Story<\/strong> <em>(100 words, per Microsoft Word)<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Why had I hopped the dogsled in Iditarod? Dunno. I must&#8217;ve been (haha) barking mad; I was certainly <em>freezing<\/em>. Nor was I competing &#8212; they weren&#8217;t even my <em>dogs<\/em> for chrissake. But in the spirit of things, I shouted &#8220;Mush!&#8221; like you&#8217;re supposed to. Before the dogs could take off, though, there she stood: the Inuit woman in the seal-fur-lined parka. &#8220;Yes?&#8221; she asked, and seeing my confusion, added, &#8220;My name is Mush. And you?&#8221; The cops raced towards us &#8212; no avoiding them now. &#8220;My name,&#8221; I said, accepting my fate, &#8220;is now pretty much mud. Marry me, Mush?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Don&#8217;t know what this is? See this post for some background.] Prompt #214: Genre: romantic comedy Word: action Action: enlisting an ally Story (100 words, per Microsoft Word): Why had I hopped the dogsled in Iditarod? Dunno. I must&#8217;ve been (haha) barking mad; I was certainly freezing. 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