Showing posts with label Wendy Nikel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wendy Nikel. Show all posts

Friday, April 10, 2020

Story Du Jour #10


All Story Du Jour tales are available online and free! A small presentation in these trying times.









"Keeping Time with the Joneses" - by Wendy Nikel
521 words


Trouble on the block after the neighbors splurge on fancy scientific equipment. 

Here's a sample of the writing:

"Initially, no one complained about the Joneses’ extravagant time-themed parties. The machine spun and flashed into all hours of the night as neighborhood couples in flapper dresses and top hats slipped bottles of SKYY vodka into ’20s speakeasies. The binge-watch of the first five Super Bowls was all anyone could talk about for weeks, and even Mrs. Martin herself had to reluctantly admit that Oklahoma! was better with the original cast."

What next? Something. I assure you. Something will be next.

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