My Boy

Author: Debbie Irwin
Word Count: 142
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My Boy

For the Star Twisters challenge…
The use of the words code, whack, contemptible, charmed, and terrorised were words that had to be used in this tale.

My Boy belongs to the following groups:

Flash Fiction, Short stories - Spherical Scriptings and Twisted Tales

He was a contemptible child. I admit it. Shoulda given him a whack more’n I did, but I tried to instill a code of conduct in him that woulda made him a better man. I’m one of those ole fellas that figured life would get better.

My son had been a problem from day one. He charmed the ladies with that toothless grin, and terrorized the men by waitin’ until just the right moment to kick ‘em in the nuts. He went out of his way to make us all miserable.

The final straw came when he began to torture little pups and graduated to giving the kids in the neighborhood peeks of his privates. I knew I couldn’t deal with it any longer. I had to do it.

I shot his mama.

Bet he wasn’t mine anyways.

Craig Mowat

I did not see that coming. Maybe he’s going to jail to get away from the boy. It might make the twist less of a shock if you have something about the mother working against the teachings of the father in the first paragraph. Well done working all those words into the story.
Debbie Irwin replied

Thanks, Craig. I probably should have shown a side of Mom, but I had to do it this way. It told me to ;)
Karirose

Shouldn’t have, but I laughed! I didn’t see the twist either and was I greatly rewarded for not jumping ahead to see what it was!
Debbie Irwin replied

Karirose, I read this to my husband, and he laughed, too. I had some fun with it :)
Natella2020

I love that the twist is shocking. I especially liked that last sentene, how he tries to take the blame away from himself. That was so funny!
Debbie Irwin replied

Thanks, Natella :) My quirky sense of humor gets in the way sometimes, other times it just flows with the story. I’m glad you like this :)
Micky McGuinness

LOL I know I shouldn’t laugh, but it was just a perfect piece of comedy timing! Well done Debbie : )
Debbie Irwin replied

Thanks, MickyMc :)
jcmontgomery

OMG, this is hysterical !! Great twist!!
Debbie Irwin replied

Thanks so much, JC :)
Alison Pearce

What a twist! Loved the language and your excellent use of the prompt words!
Debbie Irwin replied

I appreciate it, Alison :)
Emma Robinson

HI Debbie – this is funny. I like the thought of a wee toothless baby being malicious enough to kick men in the nuts on purpose. I often wonder what goes through their little heads….
Debbie Irwin replied

=)
Utterly comptemptible, eh?