{"id":505,"date":"2010-01-06T12:26:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T12:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=505"},"modified":"2010-01-06T12:26:05","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T12:26:05","slug":"new-flash-fiction-by-melanie-browne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/new-flash-fiction-by-melanie-browne\/","title":{"rendered":"New flash fiction by Melanie Browne"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hugh Hefner & Keg Parties<\/span>

I had a friend who said he once met Hugh Hefner.<\/span>
To tell you the truth I think he just made the whole thing up so he would have something to say at parties.<\/span>
He loved the way it seemed to hold people's attention.<\/span>
He liked how their eyes lit up and they would circle around him in their half-drunk stupor. He told that story at every party I ever saw him at. <\/span>
It never failed that as soon as the keg started to empty I knew it was time for the Hefner story.<\/span>
I always thought he should have worn a smoking jacket and slippers to the parties, but he didn't.<\/span>
He was always wearing  some rock concert t-shirt and jeans with a hole in one knee. He crossed his arms  and chain-moked Marlboros.<\/span>
He always disappeared after he told his goofy story. I don\u2019t know. Maybe he did meet Hefner. It really didn\u2019t matter.<\/span>


* Melanie Browne<\/span> is the co-editor of Leaf Garden press \u2013 <\/span>http:\/\/leafgardenpress.com<\/a> <\/span>Heaven is a Giant Pawn Shop<\/span> \u2013 a collection of poems by Melanie Browne is available here: <\/span>http:\/\/www.erbacce-press.com\/#\/melanie-browne\/4533546014\/<\/a>

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