My 3 word wednesday piece a day late, but hopefully not a dollar short. Let me know what you think. I also have below my 5 sentence fiction piece. So keep reading and I hope you enjoy.
3WordWednesday
He couldn't keep up. He pedaled as if his life depended on it, because it did. He was good in high school, could bike across town in twenty flat, but that was twenty minutes he didn't have. He thought it was a harmless bet. A thousand dollars if he could make it the fifty miles to the top of this desert mountain, starting at sunrise, before sundown. His brow was dampened with what he felt like was the very last ounce of his energy. His legs started to tremble as they had reached the end of their usefulness. If he could just get the 100 yards to the crest, then he could break away on the downhill. If he made it out of this alive, he thought, he would never take another bet again. No thousand dollars was worth being chased by zombies.
#FiveSentenceFiction
He had never liked them, understanding their practical purpose for farmers in the hot desert sun, he just thought they were too touristy.
"Come on Honey it'll be fun", she said with a smirk that he knew all too well would lead to no good.
"You will have to promise that this will be the last one," he said already knowing the answer.
As she smiled and shook her head, he struck the usual beefcake pose that she wanted for these sordid photos. The money was good, he just never thought his wife would be pimping porn photos of him on the internet.
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