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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday

Matrimonial Mayhem is an anthology of short stories published by Astraea Press. All royalties from the sale of Matrimonial Mayhem will be donated to tornado victims in Alabama. If you'd like to help, the buy link is http://www.astraeapress.com

This excerpt is from my story It All Started With Cinders Malone's Dress. My hero and heroine from A New Dream are getting married. Violet and her mother have returned home from the bridal shop to some bad news. Keep in mind this is the day of the wedding. Fred is her father. The 'her' in the excerpt is the lady baking the wedding cake.

"Her grandson let the dog into her house, and by the time she found it, it had eaten one whole layer and licked the frosting off the rest of the cake." He pursed his lips. "It's a big dog. A Great Dane. I wonder if she could kind of wipe the good layers off and re-frost them?"

Violet and Beth made such an outcry Fred jumped from his recliner to make his escape.
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19 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 14, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    Whoops - maybe the bakery is still open ? What will they ever do ?? :D

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  2. AllureVanSanzMay 15, 2011 at 1:46 AM

    LOL! Made me giggle with this six. Thanks for that! Good job.

    All my best,
    Allure

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  3. Patricia PrestonMay 15, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    Cute! Thanks for helping out my neighbors in Alabama.

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  4. MegMay 15, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    LOL... just give it to the dog. ;-D Can't wait to read Mayhem!

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  5. Sherry GloagMay 15, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    Someone is in BIG trouble, no wonder he took off so quickly.

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  6. Jean Joachim BooksMay 15, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    Hilarious, Elaine! Leave it to the dog to mess up the plans. Fun six. Thanks.

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  7. Carolyn RosewoodMay 15, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    Bad dog! :)

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  8. Cate MastersMay 15, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    What a fun snippet! Love the title too. Congrats on your release!

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  9. UnknownMay 15, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    Uh-oh but... ha ha!

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  10. AnonymousMay 15, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    That's really funny!

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  11. Viviane BrentanosMay 15, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    I love Great Danes - especially naughty ones

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  12. Sandra SookooMay 15, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    lol I could totally see that1

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  13. UnknownMay 15, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    Thanks for the giggles. I can just picture the dog with frosting on his face.

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  14. Jessica KnaussMay 15, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    Eeew! I've got dog germs! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine! (I'm glad this never happened at my wedding. Great six.)

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  15. Felicia RogersMay 15, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    Very funny. Sounds like something that could really happen.

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  16. AnonymousMay 15, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    I love Fred - he's such a goob but he sure does love his daughter!

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  17. Jayel KayeMay 15, 2011 at 3:46 PM

    Ewwwwwwww..dog slobbers.

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  18. Sandra NachlingerMay 15, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    Thanks for the laugh! "Matrimonial Mayhem" is the perfect title.

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  19. Susanna FraserMay 15, 2011 at 6:07 PM

    Ha! Great six--and thanks for helping my native state.

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