Morning stories in blue

Every morning I try to write a little story with a blue pen.

  • A robbery in the bank
    A robbery in the bank
    It all went very fast, that’s all I remember. I was queuing at the desk of the bank when several men burst in, shouting and shooting in the air. They ordered everybody to lie down. They were wearing balaclavas, just like in movies. It seemed to me there was one woman in the group, because she was smaller and had ...
  • The princess and the toad
    The princess and the toad
    Once upon a time there was a princess, alone in her castle. – What am I doing here, thought the princess to herself. And she was a bit worried, because she didn’t know what would happen to her. Therefore, she didn’t dare to go out, and she stayed alone in her castle. Because she thought that, of course, if she went out, ...
  • The Black hole
    The Black hole
    I noticed a black painting in the window of this very old shop. It was totally black, with a frame which had received some gold painting a very long time ago. I came closer, and I saw a label underneath the painting, saying “the black hole”. Well, I thought, another simplistic expression of contemporary art. – How much is it ? ...
  • The Lamp
    The Lamp
    The lamp was pretty rusty. How old was it? Anyway, it was cheap. Morgan looked at it carefully, tried to negotiate the prize. Always negotiate on a garage sale. – It comes from my grand-pa, the seller explained, as if it was a good reason not to lower the prize. Morgan didn’t take it at first, and carried on her shopping; but ...
  • The concert
    The concert
    The concert was fabulous, as usual. John Smith was definitely the best virtuoso in the world. Under his fingers, even Liszt’s most difficult pieces seemed to flow. When the creature appeared on the edge of the stage behind John, everybody wondered. Was it a kind of those contemporary theatre happening included in the concert? Who had had the strange idea of ...