Flash Fiction / The Muse

Flash Fiction: The 90s Bus and The Muse

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PHOTO PROMPT © Brenda Cox
for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. 

Tannille stares at the writing prompt picture, begging The Muse to formulate a story — an itty-bitty story to share with the world. 

The Muse jumps onto the Harry Potter double-decker bus. 

“No, you can’t use copyright material, we’re not lost wizards.”

The Muse responds with a raspberry and sings out the window. 

“Colours of the world, spice up your life?”

“How very 90s of you. No Spice Girls.”

“Bomb on the bus?”

“Speed! Feeling nostalgic today?”

“Do you want the red pill or the blue pill?”

Tannille chooses the blue pill to end this ridiculous conversation with The Muse. 

~*~

Story Notes

The Spice World bus. Damn, that movie was awesomely bonkers. Image stolen borrowed from Wiki

This conversation with The Muse draws on 90s pop culture. Harry Potter and The Spice Girls need no introduction, and double-decker buses… is there anything more British? Speed and The Matrix starred Keanu Reeves, a 90s poster boy. The pills refer to a quote from The Matrix. 

 “You take the blue pill… the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill… you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” 

The Matrix

More amusing and sometimes abusive conversations with The Muse can be read here.

31 comments

  1. Sounds like the argument I had with the Muse today, only I decided to go all Harry Potter on it anyway.. Yes, I drew a total blank and just started writing to see what the Muse would throw on the page.

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  9. When traveling on a bus I feel anxious about the driver; I wonder what pills does he/she take. It was the wrong turning last week that set me on edge and driving through the red lights. I saw one driver eating M&Ms, I think they were M&Ms.
    Great references, although I did avoid the Spice Girls in the nineties ;I was on another planet.

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    1. Buses… and tucks on the road is scary. We had a bad crash in Oz a month ago after a wedding. The driver was speeding and showing off on a roundabout and tipped the bus. Many died.

      Must have been a good planet. 😀

      Thanks, J.

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