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It was a quiet moon-less night, in a city that keeps it's secrets.
The occasional honk.
The haunting wail of a distant siren.
There's not much intelligent conversation at 3:00 AM.
After four years of pounding the pavement.....
Abby smiled at the thought of 'entertaining' her last stranger.
Tomorrow she flies home to Iowa.
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If you or anyone you know has written a Friday Flash 55
Please come tell The G-Man!
I will visit, read, enjoy, comment....Then BOOK!!!
So from the most gracious host from coast to coast....
Have a Kick Ass Week-End!!!
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PS. Rudy, I can read your post but NOT Comment!
Claudia, My work PC blows me off-line on your Blog!
I'll comment in the evening from home...:-)
Very nice! Love the feeling!
ReplyDelete55 Flash Fiction Friday: The Doppelganger
55 words to say...
ReplyDeleteYahtzee!!! My heart was pounding harder than her feet on the pavement to be first! YAY
ReplyDelete55 Flash Fiction Friday: The Doppelganger
wow. this one is a bit different for you g! big smiles! nice 55.
ReplyDeletemine is up!
Great work with the photo and 55, G. My 55 is HERE .
ReplyDeleteby seconds...
ReplyDeleteShe was sad because it was a moon-less night
who wouldn't be
Thanks G for doing this 55 thing every week for us to enjoy
Moon Smiles
Three cheers for the Ladiea of the Evening. Mine is up HERE. Have a great weekend :)
ReplyDeleteFour years and just one stranger left? she's been busy...
ReplyDeleteHere's mine: DOING MORE WITH LESS
I liked it very much!
ReplyDeleteMy is here After dinner thoughts
This was poignant. Why is she turning tricks?
ReplyDeleteMine is HERE
I am just glad that she is going home!
ReplyDeleteGalen My Beast Fable 55ve is up here
Here
ReplyDeleteSo many secrets in so many lives. She goes home to The Bridges Of Madison County perhaps?
ReplyDeleteMine's up too. Next need to learn to do that fancy automatic link every one does.
Whoo-hoo!
xo
She looks like she's been pounding the pavement for 40 years not 4! Nicely done G. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteMine’s here.
Was that Abby down in the Thursday portrait poast? Hubba hubba!
ReplyDeleteLast week was kind of a weird one. Which is how I missed posting this gem then. Come to think of it, I damn near missed it again!
I like it... thoughtful
ReplyDeleteMine is up...
a touch of melancholy.. beautiful!
ReplyDeletei thank life in 55 words here
i agree with brian, that's a bit different from your other stuff which proves you are a great writer being able to shift between styles eloquently
ReplyDeleteMine is up!
You've managed to invest an enormous amount into this. Nice piece. Well done.
ReplyDeleteAll the best, Boonsong
The picture couldn't be more perfect for this piece. Good job!
ReplyDeleteNeither rain, nor shine, nor hideously oppressive heat wave can keep you from posting your 55! :)
ReplyDeleteMine's posted right here.
Now I can go melt in a puddle somewhere as I patiently wait for winter.
Oooh, I like this one, g! The best 55s always leave me wanting more...
ReplyDeleteMine is HERE
I hope things go well for abby from here on out. sounds like she's had a tough time.
ReplyDeletei'm up with three, yes THREE 55s. ;)
Dragnet? Is that the memory hitting me with your opening line?
ReplyDeleteWell, I always liked the beginning of that show and this reminds me of that.
I liked your 55 despite the nature of her four year career.
My 55 is up.
PG
Is Abby incognito? Isn't she really Dorothy, heading back to Kansas?
ReplyDeleteYou always are a treat, Mr G, even at YOUR age!
Oh! I meant "threat"--
Anyway, yesss I tried one more time, and it is HERE
the last line hits home...
ReplyDeletemasterful 55.
This was absolutely enchanting. I take it you're not always so introspective?
ReplyDeleteMy first attempt is here. Be kind.
Nice feel to this one, Galen. I like it. No, not much intelligent conversation at 3 A.M. And I like your blog's new look. My 55 is up.
ReplyDeleteFour years of 'entertaining' strangers...is she flying home in a coffin? Oh wait, she's smiling. hhmm interesting one G.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try and be more consistent and get caught up on replying to comments. Mine will go live at midnight Pacific time as per the old usual. ;-)
HAKAWE, Gman, I'm hoofin it this weekend.
ReplyDeletecatch you next week.
Fab Di
Guess what?
ReplyDeleteare you sittin down?
I played!
Woo hoo!
Jes' like the old times.
Mine is here.
ReplyDeleteThe woman has a sad expression and 'i don't care' air in her face... You wrote that brilliantly.
Like that
Is she going home? It would be a rough transition back to a normal life.
ReplyDeleteMine is here
seems like a good time for her to leave...
ReplyDeleteMine is up as well
That's excellent. I wonder what she's going to do now?
ReplyDeleteCool story.
Mine's up here
Good for Abby, you go girl!
ReplyDeleteMine's up Galen:
http://theonlycin.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/side-views-weekend-theme-elephants-friday-flash-55/
Thanks for the fun, have a great weekend.
A feeling of completion - at last - in this. Nice one.
ReplyDeleteYou'll find mine here.
Poignant! The photo was very 50's style! We had a lot of such pictures in our family album.
ReplyDeleteYes mine is up, be it a different style than normal!
I hope she made a fortune in four years!!!
ReplyDeleteMine is at:
http://rnsane.blogspot.com/2010/08/sony-holland-all-that-jazz-flash-55.html#links
I love the anticipation in this one. Great stuff! Mines up too.
ReplyDelete(I don't think I'll check out the 55's just above me there)
ReplyDeleteHere's mine: Haiku 55
I'l be up north camping. Have a great weekend all!
You've had a make over.( Blog that is) Nice story about an..."undercover cop" I'll tell my maiden aunt. To hear or read my non-PC illustrated Friday 55 click here. Warning you may have to read the footnote after to make sense of it.
ReplyDeleteI like the new look. Very classy. Did I miss it yesterday?
ReplyDeleteI hope her last stranger is not a serial killer. Mickey Spillane has nothing on you. Love it.
Shopping Is Dangerous
This was so good G-man, reminds me of what we are doing at www.freedom424.com in Thailand. Sorry that was shameless but it is what I thought of.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, my 55 is up here called "Too Long - 55"
ReplyDeleteThanks g-man
Sweet G-Man, now it will take me all week to edit down to 55 words --- I tried really I did,
ReplyDeleteJoanny
I'm glad she's going home. :)
ReplyDeleteListening to Garrison Keillor, eh? Where did he steal that lie about a city that keeps it's secrets. Came over from Brian's blog to figure out this 55 thing...
ReplyDeleteI could almost hear the Mike Hammer music!
ReplyDeleteMy 55'er is done!
http://sobernuggets.blogspot.com/2010/08/friday-flash-55-entirely-ready-mind.html
A variation on a theme is available HERE
ReplyDeletei swear she was not waiting on me at 0330. I was on the porch smoking.
ReplyDeleteG-man this was so good. You captured the moment and the untold story so well. And I like a happy ending. Mine is up, and have a sweet weekend!
ReplyDeleteSoppy poem of 55 soppy words HERE
ReplyDeleteYes, cities at night...
ReplyDeleteshe looks like a reporter to me-
I like your twist !
very nice g-Man ... have a wicked good weekend. :)
ReplyDeleteMine is up!!! Cheers Kath
Well done...I think I love the look but the work computer is so slow I'll have to look again when I get home. :)
ReplyDeleteMine's up.
nice 55, i can only imagine what pounding means in this story!! i got one up, late but it is there!!
ReplyDeleteI loved the new look .. and the story .. thats just superb :) full of dreams !
ReplyDeleteOh, i forgot to link my post :
ReplyDeletehttp://ladynimue.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/painful-joy/
PS : i have a request G-Man ! can you please allow open ID comment option .. everytime i have to switch gmail accounts to comment here !
Morning, Galen: That was a thoughtful one. I enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget. My 55er was up early. Glad you liked it. D
I have a second 55 up today - the first was a few weeks ago. However, they are in WordPress -
ReplyDeletehttp://colonialist.wordpress.com/
I have repeated them on Letterdash, and others have picked it up there - but not the Friday format.
I include the heading/title in my 55 because it is part of the total meaning that comes across.
Now I'll try and put the latest on my Blogger site, too.
Hey G-man, Brilliant setting of the mood and I love the tone. The image fits perfectly. It feels like the set up for a detective mystery.
ReplyDeleteMine's up. Size Matters
Good Morning, G-man:
ReplyDeleteI posted mine...
a special award for U and Your 55 team...
Everyone is welcome to visit and claim the award....
Happy Friday!
U Rock!
Very atmospeheric, I could hear her footfalls echo.
ReplyDeletei could hear the deep voice of a man narrating this...until the last line.
ReplyDeletehave a kick-ass weekend G!
warm smiles,
This is excellent, G-Man!
ReplyDeleteMine is up!
Home at last... what a relief! Love your 55.
ReplyDeleteHere's mine.
I really like this, Galen. It's a different sort of 55 for you.
ReplyDeleteI'm not in this week. All I can see with my mind's eye is a blank wall. Gah.
Hi Everybody...
ReplyDeleteG-Man is gonna stop for a Cold Brewski after work, I promise to answer the remaining 10 players tonight...
You Guys Rocked it out Today!!!
enjoy that cold one G-man!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! But why is it always Iowa???
ReplyDeleteMine is posted. http://razzamadazzle.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/twins/
For some reason that reminded me of Marilyn Monroe. Weird, I know.
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, I'm late. But I'm finally up, lol.
Oohhh... At last she will be free!!!
ReplyDeleteNicely put, G!!! Run away, girl....flyyyy...
Here is mine...just in time ;-)
G-man, I'm here to pay my ten shilling fine, but not sure how I might count them into your eager palm! They won't go through the computer screen!! LOL :) Sorry for breaking them, but what are rules for m'dear?!!
ReplyDeleteHi Galen, i am too late for flash 55, but i like yours very much.
ReplyDeleteWhen she comes home in Iowa, does she feels her hand wanting to reach for that smoke? I do:) i stillll do, but hey i won't i am home and it is good. Thanks