A short story thing.
Ken turns back the clock
Ken was getting stressed. After watching his ‘Father of the Bride’ DVD for the third time that day, it had started to skip. “Not again!” screamed Ken. He was in quite a state. “What’s all that racket?” called his wife from upstairs. “Oh, nothing” muttered Ken. Just then, ‘Father of the Bride’ skipped again, right past his favourite bit, the bit where Martin Short plays the wedding planner, Franck! “Fuck” said Ken. His ‘Father of the Bride’ marathon was not going at all to plan. He picked himself up slowly and with shoulders slumped, he trudged up the stairs. Immediately his wife knew something was wrong. “What is it, honey?” she asked. Ken scowled, “Oh nothing! Only the fact that my ‘Father of the Bride’ DVD is broken.” His wife was about to chastise him for being so sarcastic but then she noticed something. A single tear rolled down Ken’s cheek. “Honey” she said, putting an arm around him. At that moment, there was a knock at the door. “Who might that be?” asked Ken’s wife. Ken wiped the tear from his cheek, stood up straight and marched towards the door. Opening it, who could it be but Martin Short! And he was in character, playing Franck! Ken looked at his wife who was grinning from ear to ear. “You didn’t!” he said. “I did” she replied.
Gene Wolfe tidbits (October 2014)
10 years ago
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