Angela Luo is the readers’ choice in this week’s Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Challenge.
The winning entry is rewarded with a special feature here today and a place in our collection of winners which will be published as an e-book at year end.
Without further ado, here’s the winning entry:
Superdude
by Angela Luo
At the end of my visitation session, one of the other inmates caught my eye.
“They call him SuperDude,” a guard told me. At the mention of his name, SuperDude perked up and approached me, a goofy grin on his face.
“Wanna see me fly, sir?” he asked.
“Um, I don’t think humans can fly, unfortunately.”
“Sure they can. I can! Tee hee hee!”
“That’s great, uh…”
“You don’t want to see me fly?” He looked confused, almost angry. “Why don’t you want to see me fly, sir?”
“Er-“
“Why don’t you ever fly with me!?” His voice was rising, his face reddening.
“I’m sorry, I-“
“You’re the worst father ever! I hate you!” He reached for the pie on a nearby table and threw it square in my chest. “I HATE YOU!”
Frightened, I quickly hurried back to the lobby. I walked up to the guard, who saw my shirt and laughed, which made me angrier.
“Aren’t you going to do something about this?” I asked, exasperated. “He thinks I’m his father.”
“That’s because you are.”
“What? I am?”
“Yep. We told him that every man who walks by his room was his evil father and he had to throw a pie at him.”
“Why the hell would you do that?”
“Why the hell not? He’s crazy. I’m crazy. Heck, we’re all crazy.”
“I’m not crazy.”
“Sure you are. With that red pie stain on your shirt that looks like an S? We could call you Superman.”
Good one. Congrats.
Congratulations Angela.