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Sixxx Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine-

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This is the Six Sentence Story

Denise is the host.

The goal is to write a story of exactly six sentence in length while employing the week’s prompt word:

EXTENSION.

“Of course I have a goddamned appointment,” the man seemed to swell, the whiteness of his shirt collar shimmering from the strain, the effect was enhanced by a florid complexion, itself racing towards the darker end of the spectrum.

The beauty of the man behind the desk was almost perfect, but for the hint of a whisper between his eyes and the upper corner of his mouth; recognizing the work of his favorite Saville Row tailor, the visitor’s bushy eyebrows fell into an argument over the memory of a ‘really hot chick’ greeting him when he originally sealed the deal.

“He’s a businessman like me, I just need to explain how an extension of my contract will benefit everyone,” his notorious confidence on full display, the man took one step towards the slowly opening door, sweat appeared on his brow like lightbulbs across the midway of an abandoned carnival.

While the inner office appeared to be that of a fabulously successful executive, there was something amiss, not the individual elements of furniture and decorations, bookcases and paintings, but with the way they connected; a truly inspired decor has, at its heart, an underlying theme, a way of tying the parts together in a way relatable on a human scale.

“I want an extension to our pact, I didn’t realize how much more I could do,” the man’s words, barely out of his mouth, fell from the air and scuttled across the priceless oriental carpet, like fossilized trilobites suddenly (and temporarily) animated.

“Now why, in My name, would I want to do that?” her interrogative lilt, as sincere as a politician’s promise, grabbed at the man, the laughter from the woman behind the desk as calculated as palm fronds crisscrossed over a tiger pit.

 

 

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Well, what exactly do you want to know? Whether I am a clark or a scott or roger? If you have to ask, then you need to keep reading the Posts for two reasons: a)to get a clear enough understanding to be able to make the determination of which type I am and 2) to realize that by definition I am all three.* *which is true for you as well, all three...but mostly one

Comments

  1. Especially the last line. Love palm fronds crisscrossed over a tiger pit.
    Hey, first one in, you are! Fastest Six shooter in the east.

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      and yet it takes me ’til Thursday night to get to the comments! go figure

  2. What a fun 666 :D
    I particularly like your 5th sentence as it solidifies the distaste I feel for the bushy eye browed man.

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      yeah… thinking along those lines
      near everbody be thinking death this week

  3. Pat Brockett says:

    Great artwork to accompany your Six! A masterful piece of writing!

  4. UP says:

    as sincere as a politician’s promise yeah right! Good 666 as Girlie said!

  5. There’s a lot packed in here, it’s a situation i would rather view than be in, i know that.

  6. Wendy Harris says:

    Excellent, Clark! You pulled me right into the encounter. The last line was pure genius!

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      Thankee, Miz Harris

      a lot of us were elbows-to-arms along a thematic road this week,
      cool

  7. Lisa Tomey says:

    What a vivid six times sixty!

  8. I find it interesting that he remembers the hot chick but yet he’s thinking he’s going to be dealing with a man for the extension.
    Great six!

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      Yeah, I had a couple of people in mind for that character… and the look on his face when the devil turned out to be a woman (at least this time).

  9. Violet Lentz says:

    You are a word weaver extraordinaire this week, Clark. Good luck on that extension….

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      Thanks, V
      … nothing like a pact with the devil for nearly endless story possibilities