He wondered who had eaten out of the cat’s litter box — with his mouth.
Vague memories from last night flashed on his retina. It had been a bacchanal for sure, but they were there to celebrate him. An award ceremony, when he finally would receive some recognition for all his years of writing.
Gradually he regained consciousness feeling cold marble. He shivered.
Opening his eyes he saw the whole audience looking at him. It was amazingly silent. When the TV-crew captured the famous author lying naked on the floor he realized:
“Sometimes 15 minutes of fame is enough”
Trifecta this week is 99 words and selecting a word from page 99 of OED. My choice was bacchanal. Partly after looking through some of my pictures. Given there is a lot of talk about Nobel prize gave me the inspiration.
October 14, 2013
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Hahaha! In this case, fifteen minutes might be too much 🙂
1 minute would feel like an eternity
HUGE points for using bacchanal. I wanted to use it so bad but it just didn’t work for me.
good one
I love that word… one of my favorites
That last line made me laugh. I also had the same thought as Janna, 15 minutes may have been too much.
Indeed – more than eternal.
Hahah! Love this!
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Haha! Loved the opening! “Where’s the cat that shit in my mouth?”
Indeed.. yes the feeling after a bacchanal can be a little dire.
Funny!!
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Is that OED or OCD?
🙂 he he
Whoop! 🙂 Now that is sad. Very well-written.
-HA
Sad for some.. fun for others.. the clip got a lot of likes on youtube.
Or maybe this is the beginning of his fame…because with the way we handle celebrities lately, this would be consider a “good moment”
I giggled and gasped…all good stuff from you. 🙂
Ha.. yes I hope this week will be a lot of fun reading…
Ouch
Love your beginning line – just awful – in a good way.
I loved that opening line. It must have been one hell of a night. Great take on the prompt and a brave word choice.
God, how beautiful is the word, bacchanal? I don’t know, that footage would probably make him more famous here in the states, afterall he’s walking in the shoes of some very famous writerly boozehounds.
I applaud your amazing word choice and how well you used it. Excellent. I would have used it too if my mind worked as magnificently as yours clearly does!
I imagine that his following would have multiplied tenfold, with the paparazzi out and about these days. It worked for Fitzgerald, after all.
Love the prompt you chose and how it fits into this highly enjoyable story. Your opening line had me in stitches. Thanks for linking up and tell everyone to join us!
Revoltingly funny first line! And fame – most take it any way it comes. Great piece, Björn!
That first line rocked. And he’s even more famous/infamous now!!! This was so fun to read!
What a great opening line! Funny piece. 🙂
I loved your opening and closing lines!
That’s pretty funny. And how I imagine it would be for me as well.
15 minutes that would seem to be an eternity! You captured his misery so very well! Has anyone posted photos on Twitter yet? 😉
Haha! This was great. How embarrassing. I’m sure there’s an award for that too.
Good heavens… that first line…whoa. But you segued beautifully into the 15 minutes of fame. Well done…
In this case, I think fifteen seconds is enough. Great piece!
This is awesome, really fun to read and great job with the work bacchanal.
Fabulous! That opening line is fantastically funny. 🙂
Woah! That opening sentence grabbed me.
Fortunately, I have never done that. As far as I can remember.
I don’t think you can get anymore strung out than eating cat litter. The notoriety ought to sell a few novels. Funny.
As always, a top notch take on the prompt! And (not that I have ANY experience in this whatsoever), but the first line was a spot-on description of the feeling.
Ha! This was awesome.
Bjorn,this is excellent-intelligent and funny!I could picture the poor chap lying there in all his glory-oops!lol!
Part of me has to question the mindset of someone who conjures up the opening line that you did! 🙂 Wow! If one line can win a whole challenge, that line may just have done it! Fantastic effort!
Hahaha, isn’t that so true? Especially liked the opening line. And the phrase “last night flashed on his retina”.
What a great last line and so true too!! This is great!
Oh dear. Agreed with everyone else, 15 minutes of agony for sure. And I love that first line.
And now he can join the ranks of Miley Cyrus, using notoriety to truly launch his celebrity. Great job and such an unusual take. Bravo for using bacchanal – a wonderful word.