Funny Man

a 100-word story

Sorry, no narration this week, I’m on a book deadline. Next time!

Funny Man

Brad’s unwavering quest to be the king of bad jokes continued. Although impossible to measure when he might attain such status, he persevered.

His siblings stopped talking to him. His mom still invited him to Thanksgiving and Christmas; sometimes he came, if he’d taken a break from working on material for the holidays.

Brad lost his job. His girlfriend accused him of being inattentive, and his friends refused to come over—there was nowhere to sit anymore; every surface had been plastered with sticky notes.

But you had to hand it to him for keeping the dream alive.

©2024 by Andrea C. Neil

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