This weeks Carrot Ranch Flash fiction prompt is below:
April 12, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes a bat. You can use an association to the winged, cave-dwelling critter, or you can explore the word for other meanings. Bonus points for including a bat cave. Go where the prompt leads.
Born Champion
He was fearless in the ring. Everyone wanted to endorse him; he was the face of Pepsi in his heyday. He was swift. Opponents didn’t see his left hook coming. He was light on his feet; surprising for his size.
It was his last entrance though, that everyone remembers; the crowd were eating out the palm of his hand. His final 12 bouts, a career spanning nine years. Striding into the ring to Meat Loaf’s Bat out of Hell, he was confident. He had no reason not to be. He captured the moment poetically. His rival had no chance.
Swerve Strikes Again 
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Thanks Stu 🙂 I’ll check it out.
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You’re welcome.
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Unique and creative take on the prompt. Enjoyed your flash.
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Thanks 🙂
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I didn’t know that pepsi used boxers to advertise their drinks. Was your piece about Mike Tyson? It was good whether it was or not and I loved him entering to Bat out of Hell.
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Hi Irene, purely fictional 🙂
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Well you hit the nail on the head as pepsi did use boxers and Coca Cola took them to court re the use of one of them. (My husband had a lot more detail but I don’t remember it).
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Well that’s certainly interesting. I’ll have to look into that 🙂 thanks for the information.
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Great unique take. Poetry in motion.
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Thanks 🙂
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Powerful writing that gives off a strong champion vibe. My favorite line: “…he was the face of Pepsi in his heyday.”
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🙂
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