RW Drabble 2.0.072: Recast

This was published in Fiction Shorts. The photo I took out our kitchen window two days ago suggested the song, and once I started with Credence I couldn’t stop.

The prompt: This story will be 133.333 words. How? One word will stop bef….

Don’t you love Fiction Shorts’ editors?

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“Susan, I see a bad moon ris…”

“Please, John, no spell on me before breakfast. I feel like there’s a traveling band inside my head.”

“At coffee yesterday, I heard it through the grapevine. Elon Musk has recast Social Security as a Ponzi scheme. Down on the corner, across from the courthouse, people are gathering. So, I’ve been lookin’ out our back door. We could lose Proud Mary.”

“Speaking of the backyard, it’s a jungle out there. Have you seen the rain forecast?”

“Oh, Suzie Q, let’s take the Mary out on the river today.”

“Suzie Q worked last night. And your up around my bend was lovely, very lovely. But isn’t the river green, full of algae? Plus, our fortunate son is coming for lunch.”

“Oh no, there’s trouble on the way.”

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These Creedence Clearwater Revival song titles have been used in the dialogue: Bad Moon Rising, I Put a Spell on You, Traveling Band, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Lookin’ Out My Back Door, Proud Mary, Down on the Corner, Run through the Jungle, Have You Seen the Rain, Suzie Q, Up Around the Bend, Green River, and Fortunate Son.

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