Preview

In two minutes, an entire story arc presented itself complete with all the explosions, one-liners and romance you could ever want from a movie.

Mr. Thornburg eased back in his chair puffing at a cigar, “Mighty impressive boys, but what’s left of the movie? You gave it all away in the trailer.”

Josh and Bobby Mead eye each other uneasily. Finally Bobby speaks up, “We don’t quite get your meaning, sir.”

“The trailer,” Thornburg lumbers out of his chair, “It’s like I already watched the movie.”

“This isn’t the trailer,” Josh Mead said, “It really is the first two minutes of the movie. This is just a preview. It goes on like this for another eighty-eight minutes.”

Mr. Thornburg’s eyebrows shoot up, “Ninety minutes of cuts to explosions, sex-scenes and one-liners?”

The Mead brothers nod with hesitancy.

“Brilliant!”

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This story was a finalist in the #5MinuteFiction contest held weekly at Write Me! We’re given a prompt of one word (this week was “preview”) and then we write a story in five minutes.