Locked Out On Christmas Eve (Short Story) - 12/9/2019 10:02:33 AM
You failed to indicate whether this was a true story or fiction. Either way it's a fun read and hilarious. Briefly made me remember the story of a quadriplegic like me who went out the back of his house briefly in his electric wheelchair, and then was locked out and ended up freezing to death.
About three weeks ago, I went out in front of my house to examine some work that was being done on a fence. As I backed out of the gateway, my left wheel went off the new sidewalk and got stuck in the dirt where I couldn't move forward or back. I started yelling "Help! I'm stuck! I can get out!" For as loud as I could. I was dressed only in a backwards robe that is my usual attire. It was warm that day, but a cold front was coming through. I yelled and waved my arms at many cars driving by and thought I heard noises from a neighbor two houses away to my left that I couldn't see. I kept on yelling for over an hour and a half while it drizzled twice, the second time thoroughly wetting my robe although I was still not too cold.
Finally the next-door neighbor's sister came out to check the mail. She didn't heed my yells at first, but finally came over, saying that she thought I was yelling at someone in the back of the house. She couldn't move, but went down the two houses and got the guy that was out there the whole time. He got me out and I got myself back in the house, relieved.
Your story does say one thing about neighborhoods. There always good people around that one does not know, or in your case, knows, who can help when a neighbor is in trouble. When Harvey flooded so many people here in Houston, it was neighbors who saved them much more than the official services that were completely overwhelmed.
Ron
Locked Out On Christmas Eve (Short Story) - 12/8/2019 4:58:42 AM
It appears that she should be carrying a key on her person at all times.
Game on Askole (Short Story) - 8/21/2016 11:49:57 PM
I've always been of the belief that if an outside alien force were to menace humankind, you could bet your bottom dollar it would behoove us to set aside our cultural and ideological differences for uniting our efforts to preserve humanity.
Wulf and the Bounty Hunter (Short Story) - 4/10/2016 7:23:58 AM
While I'm not very fond of scientific fantasy or action for action's sake with a lot of unnecessary violence, I found myself interested in your story, only because of the sexual innuendo. ;-) Might want to read it just for that. One thing about fantasy is that you can make it up as you go along and nothing has to be scientifically correct.
As for the formatting problem, it may be your membership, your browser, using Microsoft Word's (.docx) formatting, or your pasting selection.
Ron
How Not to Meet A Cop (Short Story) - 3/31/2011 9:58:22 AM
Gail,
This was hilarious!!
Mary
How Not to Meet A Cop (Short Story) - 3/28/2011 8:22:48 AM
Funny story. I got a good laugh reading it.
Donna
