I changed computer systems not long ago, and I realized recently that my system counts ellipses marks and quotation marks as words, so now I have to count my words by hand. Good thing we have a low limit.  (Anybody else out there old enough to remember the old days of journalism when every five letters or spaces counted as a word? And there were no typewriters with built-in “word count.”  A writer’s life was hard back then.) This week, though, I’ve evidently used only 97, so if any of the rest of you need three more, feel free to take them with my blessing.

This week’s prompt comes from a photo by Kent Bonham.  All of the stories I’ve read so far find great beauty and genius in this structure. But I have to be true to myself and write what the building calls forth from me. 

BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

“Okay, you can open your eyes ….

“Well … what do you think?”

“What do you mean, what do I think?”

“My surprise!”

“This … this … MONSTROSITY!!??”

“It’s a famous landmark!”

“You mean you invested ALL our money in THIS?

“It will make a grand hotel; you’ll see.”

“No … I won’t see! I’m going home!”

“But … I thought you knew …”

“Knew? …

His heartbeat doubled; sweat beaded on his forehead and trickled between his shoulder blades.

“Well ….” He licked his lips to relieve his mouth that felt like cotton. “Well … of course … I had … to … sell —”

He stopped talking and ran.

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