A Life in Postcards
31 Oct 2019Today’s prompt: “Write a life as a series of postcards.”
Hello Pen Pal! Mom and Dad and my brother and sister and I are on a road trip to Santa Fe to visit Grandma. Dad said we should stop at Bedrock City. There were dinosaur statues and a volcano and a dinosaur slide. Dad said I should go down the slide, but the slide wasn’t very fast and I had to pull myself down the slide with my hands on the rail but then I just stood up because I was close to the ground. There was also a giant pair of teeth in the dentist’s office there. It was kind of scary.
[Insert-your-name-here]
Hello Pen Pal! I hope you enjoyed your visit to Santa Fe. Alas, I am stuck here in R’lyeh. I would be very curious indeed to see the giant teeth in Bedrock City. I wonder if they are anywhere near as large as my friend Sebek’s? He has a crocodile head, and very sharp teeth. Pretty scary!
Cthulhu
Hello Pen Pal! How are things in R’lyeh? I just finished unpacking in my dorm room at New York University. It didn’t feel like a proper trip until I’d written to you, though. I’m so excited to start film school! My first semester is going to be mostly core requirements, but that’s okay. I already have an idea for my first student film. It’s about a woman whose best friend is a werewolf, but she doesn’t know it even though all her other friends keep getting mauled to death. What do you think?
[Insert-your-name-here]
Hello Pen Pal! Congratulations on getting into NYU. I hear the film school is very prestigious. Things in R’lyeh are as non-Euclidean as ever. I think your film idea has legs, but may I make a small suggestion? Werewolves are passé. Tentacle-mouthed creatures with bat wings are where it’s at.
Cthulhu
Hello Pen Pal! I’m here in Costa Rica with my girlfriend of 3 years, Erin. Can you keep a secret? I’m going to propose. I’ve only told a couple close friends so far, but somehow I feel like I need to tell you. I’ve been corresponding with you for so long, and yet we’ve never met. But I can’t ever seem to go on vacation without writing to you. Plus I love those postcards you send. They’re so unusual. I’ll probably be back home by the time you get this. If you’re ever in the Boston area, look me up.
[Insert-your-name-here]
Hello Pen Pal! Wouldn’t you know it, I made it up to Boston. I took you up on your invitation and looked you up. I’m dropping this postcard I brought with me off in your mailbox personally. I hope you don’t mind if I swing by tonight for dinner.
Cthulhu