The Observer notes the blond, stifling hot sand that was beneath his combat-boot laden feet. Arizona was the last place he imagined he would camp, but after many pints of whiskey and too few winning poker hands, he had no choice. During that friendly poker game, he went all in and his best friend just laughed and said, "That measly ante wasn't enough." The observer countered with “the loser will spend one night in the Arizona desert, the Gila Desert to be exact.” The observer slapped his cards down saying, " I have a pair of Kings." His friend just smiled and placed three aces down on the well-used card table. The Observer admitted defeat with a growl and a whiskey chaser.
Steaking Claim
10 years ago
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3 pies thrown:
I think I'm getting this. You hav a short story theme, each of you three develops it in her/his own way?
Kind of interesting, the title. I was thinking of something like "The Losing Weekend," or "Losing Highway." But I get your drift. "Losing" is much better than "lost," here, because the latter would be a bit more of a tip-off.
X, exactly. It was a spur of the moment thing we started on twitter one day and now we've done it four times.
Yeah, the title was initially from the poker game, then I thought I should tie in something at the end and the story evolved from that.
Well, the interesting thing is that you give one explnation for the title early on, and then another at the end.
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