{"id":22659,"date":"2020-05-06T13:53:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=22659"},"modified":"2020-05-06T13:53:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:53:36","slug":"microfiction-practice-6-melovi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/microfiction-practice-6-melovi\/","title":{"rendered":"Microfiction Practice #6: Melovi"},"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 #973<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Genre: fairy tale\/fantasy<\/li><li>Word: <em>bait<\/em><\/li><li>Action: facing a firing squad<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Story<\/strong> (<em>97 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>Of all his hive&#8217;s leprechauns, Melovi wasn&#8217;t the smartest: no ideas sprang unbidden from Melovi&#8217;s noggin. But he could certainly procure outcomes, by Og! Good, bad, indifferent: <em>Things happened around Melovi!<\/em><\/p><p>But finally, gold&#8217;s fatal gleam\u2026 gold: leprechaun bait, a pretty fishhook on an invisible string\u2026 This time, a simple earring, on a deceptively unguarded tabletop. Melovi had but reached for it &#8212; and was stuck fast, epoxied in place.<\/p><p>He had told the human little. But he&#8217;d told the human enough. And now, his last sunrise: blindfolded, before six master archers. <em>Things still happened around Melovi!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Don&#8217;t know what this is? See this post for some background.] Prompt #973: Genre: fairy tale\/fantasy Word: bait Action: facing a firing squad Story (97 words, per Microsoft Word): Of all his hive&#8217;s leprechauns, Melovi wasn&#8217;t the smartest: no ideas sprang unbidden from Melovi&#8217;s noggin. But he could certainly procure outcomes, by Og! 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