I stepped out on stage the lights were bright and hot. I started sweating almost immediately. Maybe it was nerves being my first time, but the heat was like noon in the desert. The audience didn't make a sound. I confidently spit out half of my set I was clearly bombing. I knew this was my only chance to prove myself to my family. I could be somebody in the comedy world. *_&quot; I took a drink and wiped my face.&quot;_* I had to step it up. A third of the set I heard a few chuckles, but not the laughter it was going to take to make it in the biz. I told the last joke of my set, staring out into the crowd ; I was finished for sure. When laughter came from the back of the room. &quot;A deep voice laughed like I was the funniest thing since Chris Rock&quot;. I looked around standing in the doorway it was my dad. 2007-10-16T23:02:09Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/11575 <p>I sequeled onto Mistress Elsha Hawk&#8217;s entry to keep things rolling.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/11575?basename=18030 2007-10-16T23:02:09Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>It&#8217;s a fun story, but the grammar issues (mostly punctuation) make it a bit hard to read in places, like the first sentence. Just me being picky again.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/11575?basename=17950 2007-10-16T17:39:35Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>it&#8217;s on tiggerstripn2 page in comments</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/11575?basename=17944 2007-10-16T17:19:20Z Tales From The Script http://ficlets.com/authors/tiggerstripn2 <p>uhhhhhhhhh&#8230; what&#8217;s your line?</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/11575?basename=17941 2007-10-16T17:01:20Z Mask By The Moon http://ficlets.com/authors/mbtm <p>yey! you used my line! and very well, I must say.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/11575?basename=17940 2007-10-16T17:00:33Z Mask By The Moon http://ficlets.com/authors/mbtm