Aground
Sep 6, 2021
“Nothing like the freedom of your own boat.” Suckered in by the sales patter, he took the plunge.
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Years on, he’s always too busy with the weans. Plus, the moorings were a rip off. The boat sits on a trailer in his driveway, its keel still hasn’t tasted the salt.
Written for the Scottish Book Trust’s 50 Word Fiction competition (“Sailing Boat” August 2021)
An expanded version of this story appeared on Paragraph Planet on 19th January 2022: https://www.paragraphplanet.com/jan1922.gif
