It's Fandango's Friday Flashback! I wrote this charming little piece on this date in 2017. The Daily Post The prompt is "quicksilver." "I’m gonna miss ol’ Gus.” "Yep-eroo," Joey sighed. "Ain’t nobody can bust a tire faster’n him...” “Uh-huh. Change his mind slicker’n snot, too!” “You betcha. Reckon that's why folks called ’m Quicksilver.” “Hee-hee! First he’s [...]
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Humannequin

The buildings cast ominous shadows as the sun set behind them. The streets were deserted aside from a handful of homeless people looking for a place to crash. Fred was new to the area and found himself fascinated by Birmingham’s ‘skyscrapers.’ There sure wasn’t anything like it back home in Yawnsville, Arkansas. Of them all, [...]
The Cute Cop

"Sherri!" "Mom?" Sherri sighed. She knew what was coming, and turned the TV down. "When are you going to clean up your room? It's a pig sty; I don't know how you find anything in that mess." "What's wrong with it?" Sherri joked. "Oh, for Cripes sake Sherri. You're impossible!" Sherri knew her mother was [...]