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RE: One for the money - a 50-word short
Very interesting! I actually thought maybe Burnside was possibly a place where burnouts go to hangout and that she needed to go get her brother to keep him from tarnishing her dad's reputation. Maybe growing up having everything handed to him contributed to his drug use and the dad is stricter on her to keep her from following in the son's footsteps.
That’s an interesting interpretation! It hadn’t crossed my mind that the dad would be worried about his reputation, but that would certainly be a believable storyline. My thought was that he had realized (hopefully not too late) that there is nothing more valuable than the people you love, and he wanted to bring his runaway son home to try to repair the damage.
Well I think it's fun how micro fiction can be left open for interpretation since you don't get a full backstory, but rather a snippet of what is going on.
So true. I also love the discussions that happen in the comments. It’s great to see how different people interpret pieces of fiction.