Challenge
March '24 Drabble: Lucky Duck
Write me a prose story in exactly 100 words, using standard spelling and punctuation, on this topic: Luck. Good luck, bad luck, no luck, hard luck, whatever. It's supposed to be the month celebrating the Luck of the Irish, but anybody who has studied history can tell ya...luck is really, really subjective. I'll pick the winner in early April, unless I forget until mid April.
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The Contest
“Ends tomorrow.”
I notice the tagline on the writing contest.
“You haven’t a chance,” a gravelly thought echoes.
I log off my computer just before a thought with an Irish brogue chimes, “Give it a go, lad! This is yer lucky day!”
“No such thing as luck,” the gruff voice croaks with a laugh.
I rise from my desk chair. But before I take a step, the Irish notion replies, “Then what do you call logging off the instant before a massive virus would have struck?"
I sit and log back on.
computer?”
I sit down and log back on.