Last night I started a new short story I’ve been wanting to get to.  It’s about a boy’s choice of a role model, and is called ‘A Fool and His Money’.  Until Thanksgiving’s over, I’m going to let myself write the shorts that have been piling up in my brain while I worked on my novel.  Funny thing–when I had to keep myself to shorts, I only wanted to write a novel.  While working on my novel, I kept getting these really exciting short story ideas.

Useful sort of adaptability, that.

And today while I twiddled my thumbs at the auto-garage I had time to think up another short story.  One where people’s cars are programmed to occasionally flash a light on the dashboard, or are required to have some certification done.  But when the owner takes the car in, the garage holds the car ransom for hundreds of dollars and the individual is stuck, unable to get their car back until the ransom is paid.

I know that’s an extreme stretch of the imagination, but I’m sure we can manage it if we put our creative caps on.