“Toast to Love” by Thorny Sterling
June 11, 2012 21 Comments
ETA July 26, 2012: Given the issue of using photos that aren’t yours on your blog, I’ve had to remove the image of a guy sort of leaning on a table with a beer bottle in his hand while he stares right into the camera.
I sat in my usual booth with an open bottle of beer in front of me. Well, it hadn’t been my booth for 3 months, 14 days, and about 2 hours, but I sat here considering maybe changing that.
“Don’t.”
“Huh?”
I looked up and there’s lean and lanky Tommy Chester. He’d been half the reason I’d stopped coming in here. He’d started bartending here, and it was no longer the place I could get away from the temptation of him in this hick town. Bad enough he worked behind me at the mill all day, now he was here too? Three months, 14 days, and about 2 hours ago, I’d gotten smashed lusting after those ropy arms, that silky black hair, and those big brown eyes only to have a near-death experience on the way home by being on the losing side of a run-in with a telephone pole.
I’d given up drinking and stayed away from the bar ever since.
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What a lovely piece of writing – you are really good with words.
I think we all need to give Jazz some credit, too. I’ll bet you couldn’t write so convincingly about sweet, sweet love (coupled with the unique kind of desire that comes with it) if you hadn’t found your husband — your muse.
Oh definitely! Jazz deserves tons of credit
Tease!!
I’ll check out Cryselle’s site now.
I already posted on Cryselle’s site, but just had to say again, bravo, Thorny.
Wow, so much unsaid behind the simple words, and yet clearly understood – it seems like a much longer story. Nice work (and I envy you the ability to go short; you have such a gift for that.)
That’s lovely. A Monday Treat
Oh that was good. When can we expect your novel???
*taps fingers clicking nails impatiently*
Not for a while yet, Sadonna, but there’s a new short available on the My Stories page now
I read it today! Really liked it. Gonna review over at GR too. Thanks for sharing
Great job! It’s got to be hard keeping to 1,000 words.
Lovely story, Thorny.That ‘fifteenth anniversary’ at the end like a small epilogue and I love epilogues.
I’m looking forward to Splinters, hope you finish soon
This is a great little story, Thorny. Plus … a happy ending!
That was really good Thorny!
Wonderful:)
Tj
Thanks, guys!
I’m so glad you liked it!
Talk about painting a picture with words! I could see every second of that with absolute clarity. Totally worth sneaking on the internet at work! I’m going to me thinking of that and smilng all day. Thanks, Thorny!
I love it!
I really liked it Thorny and I agree with Susan, lot of emotion in few words. Thank you for sharing.
That was amazing! Just like your first short story; that you can get so much emotion into a few words. You are a natural-born writer, Thorny. Simply magical!
That was so sweet! I’m really looking forward to your book.