Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Denise hosts the bloghop, the Six Sentence Story each week. And, each week, she provides a prompt word which we are invited to use as the core of our stories.
Going to my noir-WIP ‘The Case of the Missing Starr’ for this week’s Six.
This week, the prompt word is:
Flash
“Got a news flash for you, buddy”, Lou Ceasare must’ve liked the guy because he remained behind the bar; the well-dressed man nodded and didn’t seem overly concerned.
I’ve seen my friend, (and owner of the Bottom of the Sea Strip Club and Lounge), vault the polished mahogany with only one hand as pivot point, from a standing start. He was like a tall Olga Korbut …provided she could bench press 350 and had perfect record of acquittal on manslaughter raps.
When he walked into the lounge-side of the club, I heard the him ask the hostess, ‘if the owner of the establishment was available’, which immediately made him ‘not from around here’. He had an accent, a subtle Slavic tendency to subjugate hardworking letters like ‘W’ and ‘T’; he was blond, expensively dressed and looked like the spokesperson from the Mannheim School of Business.
“And if you ask any of my customers that question, I’ll kick your Savoy Row ass out the door faster than you can say ‘EMT’, capiche?”
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Well, somebody is touchy about being tracked down, and i certainly wouldn’t want to test his vaulting skills.
…like, right over the bar and standing toe-to-Bruno Magli lol
and that, as they say is that……..pulled me in right away. This is great.
thankee
Sucked into the story immediately. Good six as always
yeah, the noir ‘world’ is fun
What? Well what happened next?! Can’t leave us hanging on this one :D
I like Lou, a genuine good fella. Nice visual with “..like a tall Olga Korbut..”
I’m thinking the guy is there on behalf of Bayer AG (Department of Consumer Conflict Resolution)
I am trying to imagine a “tall Olga” bench pressing 350! You painted quite a picture of Lou. It has been a while since I have read another story about the owner of this club and lounge. Thanks for the news flash.
Yeah. I like Lou, in my head he’s a combination of number of character actors I’ve seen over the years in old and/or bad movies.
I like Lou already! this is some excellent characterization. He is so vivid. Way to go Clark!
Yeah… the whole WIP is, actually an offshoot (or maybe that should be ‘upspring’) from a Six Sentence, way ago.
(You’ll enjoy this: When I was looking for a name for the club where my MC, Ian Devereaux, could indulge his fallen side, I came across a strip club in Boston that made a point to include in their website not only how many ‘Live Live Girls…’ but since it was also a restaurant (sorta), they announced with obvious pride (in equal sized font) “We own our own fishing boat!!” No! Seriously! Like they say, ya can’t make this shit up)
I wish I’d have started reading SSS’s before now. This is GREAT!
thanks Susan… glad to have you at the SSS
A guy walks into a bar…
I went into a bar once. Maybe twice. Funny how the people that aren’t regulars don’t seem to figure out that the regulars will figure them out. Your Six shows that so well.
Very much so… thanks
This had me wanting to stand at the banister and wait for it…
lol
The Olga Korbut sentence is truly a gem!
lol thank you