Copyright -John Nixon
“It wasn’t easy being the fool… I walked in on them… My wife and my bestfriend. Rand was just teaching me to play, she said. Couldn’t see them but damnit I could smell it on them! Oh I laughed, said it sounded funny, like someone was playing the piano with their ass… and like the fool that I was, insisted that he stay for dinner.”
“So you put cyanide in their drinks?”
“Yes.”
It wasn’t cyanide.
The man’s blind, innocent, a fool …a father.
That time, I wished I were a fool too.
“Your teenager… Where was she that night?”
© 2013 K.Z. Morano
The Eclectic Eccentric 
ooh.. twisted.
🙂
Very deep, this one kz, well done! 🙂
thanks penny ^^
Oh ho-ho-ho! Very sly!!!
“… playing piano with their a**?” That took me awhile to continue reading before I stopped laughing. You come up with some STUFF, kid!
thank you 🙂
You really outdid yourself KZ! Wow! 😀
thanks so much ^^
Very good 🙂
thanks 🙂
a father.. and he wants to protect his daughter at all costs.. well done. Smart of the detective to ask if he put cyanide..
yes, i wonder if i might do the same if that was my kid.. afterall, she was only pushed to poison the two out of anger for what they’re doing to the poor blind dad 🙂
What a bizarre & interesting take on the prompt! Far different and provocative than most.
thanks perry 🙂
This is a deep one KZ!
thanks for reading joe ^^
“…like someone was playing the piano with their ass…” Brilliant line, so clear and accurate – I’ve heard more than enough players like that in my time!!
🙂 thanks
Impressive and cerebral as always kz!
cerebral indeed but the FF folks are a clever bunch 😉
That was about the most robust 100 words I’ve had the pleasure of reading in a while. Awesome response, kz!
aww thanks so much ^^
Thank you!
How did you manage that? a whole novel in 100 words.. masterful
pushed by the need to keep up lol the FF group’s such an intelligent bunch. glad you liked it ^^
Enjoyed reading it but didn’t really understand.
sometimes, i don’t understand half of the FF stories i read, not on the first glance, anyway.. still glad you enjoyed reading it ^^ thank you
Great chunk of flash – brilliant!
thank you 🙂
Dear KZ,
Strange plot twist.
shalom,
Rochelle
thank you 🙂
Wow, there are so many stories in this – more with each re-read. Very poignant and sad, and the father’s confession written so cleverly (playing … with their ass). Sometimes it doesn’t pay to be a good detective.
yes, i imagine being a good detective is a difficult job. 🙂 thank you
Intriguing.
thank you 🙂
I must admit it took reading the comments and rereading the story before I understood the plot. So much for intelligence. Impressive!
thank you. 🙂 yes, it was pretty hard with the word limit but i decided to take the chance. still glad most of you guys got it ^^
Great job, even though I had to read it a few times to get all the intricacies. 🙂 Poor dad.
haha yes, i was expecting that readers might have a hard time with this but took the risk anyway. thanks 🙂