Call Signs

[indianajoe]

A short story recently submitted to NPR's Three-Minute Fiction. Rules on this round: no more than 600 words (gotta be able to read it in three minutes), and the story must revolve around a US President, past or present, real or fictional. This was my play in the game:

When he was a nugget, his first squadron tagged him with the call sign “Magua.” He earned this name not through prowess or by any resemblance to a warrior from The Last of the Mohicans, but rather to the tale of his being cornered drunk by MPs outside a strip club in San Diego and his inability to pronounce his own name: Mark White.

Continues at Call Signs: The Story

 

[schafe]

Read like a winner to me. me want to see what happens next.

 

[indianajoe]

Thanks, schafe. Appreciate you looking at it.

 

[Vince49]

Oh yeah!

When this is fleshed out to about 600 pages I will be first in line at the book emporium! Great little read.

 

[stephen87]

You'll be right behind me, Vince.

Joe, that's a great story. I, too, want to read more. Keep them coming.

 

[indianajoe]

Thanks for the encouragement, gents. Continuing on...