Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge

by BARomero

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I’ve been reading Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella. It’s a great book and I highly recommend it, especially if you’re a fan of the movie, Field of Dreams.

Anyway, the book gave me an idea for a Ficlets challenge. The book is a fantasy in which the main character, who shares a last name with the author, meets and interacts with a number of his heroes, including J.D. Salinger, Archibald “Moonlight” Graham, and the titular “Shoeless” Joe Jackson. Time was not a factor, as these three came from different eras in history.

So.

The question is, if you could spend time with one of your heroes, who would it be and what would you do? This could be a literary hero like Salinger, a sports hero like Jackson, a historical figure like Abraham Lincoln, even a fictional hero. You could meet in the current era or in their own time.

The only caveat is that you have to be doing something together, and not just having a Q&A. So how about it? I hear Edgar Allen Poe’s a good guy to have a drink with…

Prequels

Write a prequel

Sequels

Write a sequel

Comments

  1. Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted about 1 year ago

    Drinking with Poe. That’d be bound to get depressing. Somehow I don’t see him as a happy drunk. Fun challenge but might take me a bit.

  2. Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge

    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted about 1 year ago

    I have to spend time on this. Not sure how I feel about words into my heroes’ mouths.

  3. Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge

    blueyedwonder's Buddy Icon blueyedwonder

    Posted about 1 year ago

    aykkk heroes are so idolized…okay, i’ll give it a go…after i give it some thought; this is a hard challenge!! but interesting.

  4. Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge

    Mask By The Moon's Buddy Icon Mask By The Moon

    Posted 12 months ago

    I did that last week…. Edgar Allan Poe is a good guy… it’s sad the seance had to end so soon.

  5. Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge

    Yeah Write!'s Buddy Icon Yeah Write!

    Posted 11 months ago

    poe died in a drunk stupor. that’s y friends don’t let friend… BE drunk

  6. Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge

    Yeah Write!'s Buddy Icon Yeah Write!

    Posted 11 months ago

    Matthew Pearl took mine!!!

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