"Rain maker" a 50 word story written using the Freewrite prompt (Humpbuckle Tales 2)

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"Rain!" Simmons barks.

"Sorry sir?"

"A funeral needs rain! It looks better on the evening news."

John is the Mayor's "fixer".

He feels more like a punchbag: given impossible tasks, slapped down when he inevitably fails.

The sky is stubbornly blue.

Not one cloud.

"Can't fix the weather," he whispers.

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A 50 word story written using @mariannewest's @freewritehouse Freewrite Prompt: rain maker

I've had an idea to set all my fifty word stories in the fictional town of Humpbuckle-on-sea. I'm going to see where this leads. This is tale two in the #humpbuckletales series

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Classic!
John is a great character. I hope you bring him back in story after story.
Molly too. :) She's a wise one.

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Thank you! My plan is to base all my stories in a fictional town I have been playing with for a while. So I hope to bring back many of these characters as well as meeting new ones! Thanks Carol :)

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