CCC219: Charlie’s Aunt

Posted on January 19, 2023 by crispina kemp

Charlie sat on his favourite seat, high on Cannon Hill. Folks might have thought he was gazing out to sea. They might have thought – with how often he was there – that he was waiting for something or someone.

In a way he was, but not for a ship as the townsfolk might have thought. He was waiting for his aunt, or rather her ghost.

A circus performer, she had died when the cannon from which she was supposed to be launched misfired and a fault in the structure caused an explosion.

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15 Responses to CCC219: Charlie’s Aunt

  1. Sadje says:
    January 19, 2023 at 12:07 pm

    Ouch! What a painful way to die

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  2. Nope, Not Pam says:
    January 19, 2023 at 7:08 pm

    Wow, what a twist. 😳

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  3. The Sicilian Storyteller says:
    January 20, 2023 at 2:13 pm

    I love a story that ends with a bang! 💣

    Liked by 1 person

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  4. Dale says:
    January 22, 2023 at 5:22 pm

    Oh dear! What a horrid way to go!

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