Authors Note – Yet another challenge from the Friday Fictioneers website. I was trying to think of a unique way to write about the prompt when my husband suggested narcoleptic pyrotechnicians. That was too good a challenge to pass up and I made it in 98 words after a few revisions. Enjoy!
My first mistake was hiring a pyrotechnics company at the last minute. My second was not realizing the owners were narcoleptic cousins nicknamed Sleepyhead and Snoozie. When Snoozie faceplanted into the computer console and set off the finale before the show had started, I was pissed. I ran through the fallout as embers rained down, only to find Sleepyhead curled up in the back of his pickup, snoring quietly. I shook him awake and demanded that he stop the show but it was too late. One hundred thousand dollars worth of gunpowder had been destroyed in two minutes.
Jen's Rambling Thoughts... 
As our older daughter once aptly remarked many years ago when she was a little blond sprite, “I never had a problem like that before!” Welcome. I look forward to reading your stories.
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This fits the photo perfectly! I see it! ‘Narcoleptic Cousins, indeed.
Well I’ll admit, it’s a bit left-of-center as far as a plot goes but my husband is great for helping me thinkg outside the box:)
I’ve heard of similar premature fireworks disasters before and I have personally known people suffering from narcolepsy, but this is the first time I’ve read about the two joining forces to create a blowout of this magnitude. Well done!
Thanks, Steve! I was kind of going on a story I saw on t.v. one time about a fireworks display malfunction that set the whole show off in less than 5 minutes, and then I went with Bill’s idea;)
Liked this. Prose moves along nicely
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Great idea. And nicely told.
Thanks! I take no credit whatsoever for the idea, but when a gauntlet that size is thrown down, you can’t ignore it:)
love the title too.
Thank you! Welcome to my blog.
Great idea that fits perfectly. Nicely told.
Hi Jen,
You were right to go with this great premise. Guess it could be worse. They could have gone to sleep and never set off the fireworks! Ron
Well you’ve got a point;) Thanks for stopping by!
oh crap. that had to suck. suggestion – the names are too blatant. maybe come up with a name that is connected to someone known for sleeping. regardless – well done.
Yeah the names were pretty obvious, but I was focusing more on word count than anything else. Thanks for stopping by.
good one — sounds like San Diego!
Narcoleptic pyrotechnics…that is definitely creative! That would be one heck of a fireworks show, though 🙂
Yeah, that would be pretty scary, wouldn’t it? My husband is definitely….creative;)
Uh oh!
Sleepyhead and Snoozie… that was definitely a mistake.
Like the way you wrote this. Simple, crisp short sentences.
thanks for stopping by! I appreciate the support and am glad you enjoyed this.
That is so not good.
At least there was a show. They could have taken the money and never showed up.
True, that would have been worse. Thanks for stopping by!
Happy, Inspiring and Prosperous 2013 to you and your family!:-)
Thank you! Happy New Year to you, too!