99 word challenge : Property
May 17, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about property values. Perhaps its a home, business or pencil museum. What makes them go up or down? Go where the prompt leads.
If you want to participate, here’s the link: https://carrotranch.com/2018/05/17/may-17-flash-fiction-challenge/
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“Mrs. Miller,” the tax collector said, staring into the barrel of a .45. “You have ten days to pay your taxes or you will have to vacate.”
“My father owned this farm, his father and his grandfather. You have no right to extort money from our meager earnings or take our home if we don’t pay an income tax!”
“The 16th amendment…”
“My husband died in the great war! While he fought for our freedom you bottom feeding scum found ways to steal our property!” Fifty miles from town, she pulled the trigger.
His body fertilized her vegetable garden.
Good for her. A great piece.
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Thanks. 🙂
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While I can’t condone violence I can certainly get behind putting s#!t into the garden.
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I have often found myself yelling at a TV screen, “Kill the bastard!” Of course, there’s some sort of mantra droned at us about “killing is wrong.” Then, during the next season, the bastard kills 1000 more people and the hero’s best friend. Sometimes a fictitional person just needs killin’ or the entire concept of mercy looks really, really stupid. 🙂
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