Flash Fiction Rodeo Contest #2

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Sherri Matthews

Flash Fiction Rodeo Contest #2, Geoff Le Pard’s challenge Little and Laugh, is up and running live at Carrot Ranch! Geoff wants us to make him laugh. That’s it! Deadline Midnight EST October 13. Read on for full details and keep flashing!

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Little and Laugh

By Geoff Le Pard

My father was a man of many aphorisms, epithets, old saws and clichés. A know-all, really.

But one quote he shared with us that not only stuck but resonated was from an American poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Laugh and the world laughs with you

Weep and you weep alone.

Laughter, in all its forms has taken centre stage in nearly every phase of my life, from irony to farce, pratfalls to priceless, life-enhancing fits of giggles. Whether it was as a defensive mechanism or merely because I enjoyed it, I don’t now remember but I’ve always wanted to make people laugh. Over the years I’ve tailored my delivery, become sensitive to my audience and played everything and anything for a laugh. I’m one of those people who you can always trust with a secret…unless it’s genuinely too funny not to be shared. In…

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About Sherri Matthews

Sherri is a writer with work published in print magazines, anthologies and online. As a young British mum of three, she emigrated to California and stayed for twenty years. Today she lives in England's West Country, a full-time carer within her family. Her current WIP after completing her memoir is a psychological thriller.
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14 Responses to Flash Fiction Rodeo Contest #2

  1. Sue says:
    October 10, 2017 at 4:04 pm

    I’m all for a bit of laughter…gets us through the bad times

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  2. Charli Mills says:
    October 10, 2017 at 9:46 pm

    Woohoo! Honk! Honk! Your dongle must be up to speed! Thanks for sharing! I hope your entry features a dongle. 🙂

    Liked by 1 person

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  3. Norah says:
    October 14, 2017 at 3:57 am

    It’s going to be fun, Sherri. 🙂

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

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