"The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress."
- Philip Roth -
Fifty words; always a fun exercise.
In keeping with the season, @jayna's weekly prompt, is "ghost."
Rarely content to go with "dictionary meaning one," I have once again found another way. I hope you find it amusing.
The Red-Eye, Coach Seating
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A Sudden Realization
by Duncan Cary Palmer
Ben was sweating a looming deadline.
His mortgage was past-due. No way could he afford the penalty for late delivery of this vanity manuscript.
Ben continued typing desperately, despite cramped coach seating on the red-eye to New York.
Suddenly pausing, he chuckled to himself.
"I'm a ghostwriter in the sky."
FIN
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