GOODBYE SNOOKY
“Here we are, folks: the legendary bar where Snooky Adams was gunned down by his partner, Lila Corbell.” The young guide positioned himself to imitate the gangster, dressed in Snooky’s signature red turtle-neck and gray, pinstriped jacket, his hair slicked back in Snooky’s oily-smooth style. The resemblance was disturbing.
He looked into the mirror behind the bar, intending to make eye contact with his group via that reflection, but he suddenly shouted, “Lila!”
His audience jerked heads to look behind them at the same second the shots rang out. But seeing no one, they turned back to their guide. He was on the floor, three bullet holes in his chest.
Lila’s reflection lingered in the mirror, smoking gun in hand.
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(I took some license with the mirror. The one in my imagination is bigger than the one in the picture.)
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The Happy Wordcrafter 
This could have just been part of a show?
You know, I wondered if people would think that, and I thought maybe I had better specify that he lay “dead” with three bullet holes — because I intended him to be dead. But then I thought maybe it’s better to let everyone decide for himself whether it was real or not. What do you think?
I loved it the way it is! Dead? He shouldn’t dress that way in a ghost bar.
Scott
Mine: http://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/friday-fictioneers-5102013-genre-horror-humor-pg13/
Thanks Scott. And I think I like it best the way it is too. Had no idea where I was going with this when I started. All I knew for sure was that some gangster named Snooky was killed here. The rest just sort of oozed out.
And, that’s the way it should be — oozing out.
“Oh, yeah, I loik it,” she ground out of the corner of her mouth not occupied by the dropping cigarette holder. “Give ’em another shot. After all, this is a bah, ain’t it?”
I thought he was dead, but it doesn’t really matter. Creepier, though, if he is. I think your title should be “Lila-nce to Kill.” 🙂 Just goofing around.
I like your header. It’s new, isn’t it, or am I just unobservant?
Hope you’re having a great weekend,
janet
Thanks, Janet. And yes I did put that header on there just a couple of days ago.
Phew! I feel so much better. 🙂 I thought perhaps I was just unobservant and then you’d get angry and we’d have an internet fight and…well, maybe not. Just getting a little goofy.
janet
Now there’s a tour guide who gave the patrons a show. Guess he wasn’t counting on the real Lila to show up. Farewell to Snooky…twice.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Of course, I guess the real question is — since she was visible only in the mirror, WAS she real after all? Poor Snooky. It’s bad enough getting killed twice, but by the same person? That’s a little humiliating.
I like to think of it as a really great, and well acted reenactment that really brings history alive. Kind of like what I do on most weekends in the summer. Then again, reallity sometimes bites harder… eitther way, excellent write!
If you get to do re-enactment plays in the summer, you must have a lot of fun. Hopefully, none of yours will end up being quite this weird.
Wasn’t there a song from the 60’s like this
“Goodbye snooky. Snooky goodbye”
Oops, that was “Hang on, Sloopy” and it was by the McCoys. Oh well.
fun stuff… Randy
Thanks for reading and commenting, Randy. And yes, I do remember “Hang on Sloopy.”
Cool story!
Thanks a lot.
Some girls can wait forever to get their man. Great idea Sandra, loved it.
Hey, thank you so much. I have to admit it was one of those totally unplanned stories. I started with feeling it was a place where Snooky had been gunned down, but everything else just pretty much wrote itself. As I’m sure you know, sometimes that’s terrific, and sometimes it’s downright scary.
Spooky. Mirrors can be dangerous things.
WOW! INTENSE! I likes it! Likes it very much! What an ending…real, or not real… either way, it’s dead-on good! 🙂
Hey, thank you very much! I have to admit I started writing the story without knowing where I was going. I was actually surprised by the ending myself. Thanks for taking the time to read it and comment.