I'm a Finalist! Vote for Me! Five Minute Fiction Tuesday. UPDATE: I didn't win but it sure was fun

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So I stumbled upon this fun little contest of Leah Petersen's #FiveMinuteFiction.  Wow what a rush.  How it works is a word is posted that must be used or be the basis of a story of which you have five minutes to write.  The word is posted promptly at 1:30pm EST and post are not accepted after 1:45pm EST.  You have 5 minutes to write and 10 minutes to sort out any issues.  This happens every Tuesday.  And Guess What?

Out of 19 Entries I was one of the Five Finalists.
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This was my five minutes of fiction:

It was a rather amazing thing to find under the bottle cap. I had been walking along the beach to clear my head, well hangover really. It was a bit of a fuzzy night and I woke up alone although I could have sworn that someone had been in my bed at one time. Anyway I was walking along the beach, clearing my brain and failing at it and seriously contemplating a little Hair-O-The-Dog when I kicked a bottle.


I'm not normally one to pick up stray bottles of booze off the ground but I rationalized it as a sign that Hair-O-The-Dog was better than fresh air. Besides, the bottle was full and the seal was tight. Rum too, real Jamaican Rum.

I opened it up and smelled the cap. Already my head began to clear, the musty sweet smell of cane sugar, the rememberances of a warm belly and a serene brain. I looked inside the cap.

"Winner! See back for details." It said.

Odd, I don't recall any booze bottles having contests before.

I took my finger nails and popped out the rubber.

"Three Free Wishes, redeem at once." You've got to be kidding me. This day was going to look up after all.

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Thanks for Reading
D. Ryan Leask