Here’s my contribution to this week’s Monday’s Finish the Story, brought to us by Barbara Beacham.
Finish the story begins with: “The barista shook his head. That hedge couldn’t have moved closer overnight. Could it?”
Ever since they’d been selling the new coffee, the customers were complaining about its unusual side effects. That they were seeing fuzzy outlines around trees, and shadows flitting at the edge of their vision. Some people were even talking to dead relatives. The barista didn’t believe in such things, so when one of the regulars bet him $50 to drink a double espresso, he just thought that it was easy money. Except now he wasn’t so sure. The coffee came in a small black bag with a name, and nothing else. “Midnight Brew.” He hesitated, twirling the tiny espresso glass before taking a sip of the thick black brew. Heartbeat quickened, pupils dilated, everything came into sharp focus. It tasted of chocolate, and flowers, of his first kiss, of mothers milk, of tears, and of life itself. He shook his head and blinked. Was the topiary hedge waving at him?
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Hahaha, Bet it wasn’t easy money after all! 😄 what was in that coffee?!
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I know right? there’s some serious coffee weirdness going down in this week’s challenge! 😛
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I wonder if someone was using the coffee to smuggle in drugs and ended up stealing back actual normal coffee at the destination, leaving their “shipment” to go to a coffee shop 🙂
Cool story, lots of possibilities here!
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Haha could be 🙂 thanks drali!
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Wow! That was some coffee trip. LOL! To re-experience all those things, including mother’s milk it has to be some pretty powerful stuff. On top of all that, the hedge is waving at him. This Midnight Brew needs to stay on the shelf it will sell like hotcakes! Haha!
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Haha thanks PJ! Until the police get onto it at least! 🙂
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Very well done! Midnight Brew will sure be a hit today! Thanks for another great story to add to the lineup on the MFtS challenge TN. Be well… ^..^
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Thanks Barbara! It was a great prompt this week, great idea asking drali- he was bound to come up with something awesome 🙂
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Ali did indeed come up with a good one to go with my photo! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed this week’s prompt!
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Thanks for a chuckle. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before Starbucks introduce LSD-flavoured espresso. They seem to mix everything else into it!
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Haha exactly! I’m sure there’d be plenty of takers wanting to escape their ‘daily grind’ 🙂 thanks for stopping by DJ Cockburn- are you working on a new book?
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I’m still fiddling with short stories at the moment, though I’ll probably end up assembling them into another collection answer is yes, indirectly. I might make faster progress with some of that coffee though.
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Haha won’t we all! I’m planning to do nanowrimo this year and and dragging myself through practice run this month- noveling is hard work!
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I want some.
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Haha don’t we all! :p
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Where can I get some of this Midnight Brew? It’s been one of those days….. Great story!!
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Thankyou! Know what you mean- Friday morning here in Sydney.. One more day..:)
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