copyright Emmy L Gant
First Sale
“I don’t know. How much would you want for it?”
“50?”
“How about 20?”
“I guess.”
“Of course, it’s got that garbage can in the shot. Kinda ugly.”
“It’s a Persian flaw.”
“You took it in Paris.”
“Fine, Parisian flaw.”
“I suppose if I buy this, you’ll consider yourself a professional, right?”
“Well, I would be, right?”
“And, you’ll say professionals should be independent.”
“All the ones I know are.”
“You’ll go off to live in some faraway city, attending trendy parties, having existential discussions in cafés. Becoming a different person.”
“Could happen.”
“Fine, I’ll buy the photograph.”
“Thanks, Mom.”
The Green-Walled Tower 
March 9th, 2016 at 11:33 pm
Good work, David. I guessed the ending, but sometimes a predictable story is the right one to tell. Well done.
All my best,
Marie Gail
March 10th, 2016 at 12:04 am
Thanks, Marie Gail. It was a fine line between revealing too much and not revealing anything at all. Glad you liked it.
March 9th, 2016 at 11:55 pm
I can always count on you for an original story, David. This photograph can set everything in motion. Nice one!
March 10th, 2016 at 4:23 am
Dear David,
If your own mother won’t support you, who will? You do have a knack for putting a different spin on things. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
March 14th, 2016 at 9:06 pm
Maybe she’s banking on him becoming famous and then that would be worth a lot of money. In any case, it’s a parent’s job to be supportive, right?
March 10th, 2016 at 6:16 am
good one!
March 14th, 2016 at 9:05 pm
Thanks. 🙂
March 10th, 2016 at 6:37 am
ha ha. Loved the ending. Nice dialogue format.
March 14th, 2016 at 9:05 pm
Thanks!
March 10th, 2016 at 7:27 am
I did not guess the ending and I really enjoyed it! Liked the format too. Sometimes “talking heads” really does work.
March 14th, 2016 at 9:05 pm
Thanks Joy. I’m glad you liked it. I wanted to try something different this time.
March 10th, 2016 at 9:03 am
Great ending. I recognise this scenario.
March 14th, 2016 at 9:04 pm
Parents are great for support, eh?
March 10th, 2016 at 9:06 am
Good old Mom!
March 14th, 2016 at 9:03 pm
🙂
March 10th, 2016 at 10:24 am
She sounds pleased to get rid of him. Made me smile
March 14th, 2016 at 9:03 pm
That’s an interesting take on it. I pictured her not wanting to let him go. Glad you liked it.
March 10th, 2016 at 10:34 am
You always ring the changes, David. Loved it.
March 14th, 2016 at 9:01 pm
Thanks, Sandra. 🙂
March 10th, 2016 at 4:18 pm
Yes I enjoyed this. Hope he get to stay the same person, even if he makes the grade as a photographer.
March 14th, 2016 at 9:01 pm
I think a lot of that is her fears, but who knows. Hopefully.
March 10th, 2016 at 6:29 pm
Very funny! Great dialogue setting up the twist ending/punch line 😄
March 14th, 2016 at 9:00 pm
Thanks, Jan. 🙂 Glad you liked it.
March 11th, 2016 at 5:52 am
Gee, this makes me wish my mother had been alive when my book was released. She might have bought a copy. Nah, who am I kidding.
March 14th, 2016 at 9:00 pm
My family doesn’t buy my stuff because they get them for presents. 🙂
March 11th, 2016 at 5:09 pm
How funny. And true.
March 14th, 2016 at 8:54 pm
Every artist has to start somewhere, I guess. 🙂
March 12th, 2016 at 8:46 am
LOL! That last line —
March 14th, 2016 at 8:51 pm
🙂 Thanks Eric.
March 12th, 2016 at 7:15 pm
Loved that last line. It made me LOL..loudly!
March 14th, 2016 at 8:51 pm
Thanks, Dawn. 🙂
March 13th, 2016 at 9:02 am
Haha! Great story! 😊
March 14th, 2016 at 8:50 pm
Thanks!
March 13th, 2016 at 3:21 pm
Ha.. I think that’s what it means to really cut the cord,
March 14th, 2016 at 8:49 pm
🙂 Pretty much.
March 14th, 2016 at 11:08 pm
Love…Parisian flaw…sigh…reminds me of Movable Feast and the Eiffel Tower, Versailles, and all that’s Marie Antoinette where you see no flaw, yet know after her head rolled, there were some.
March 20th, 2016 at 1:23 am
That book had an influence on this story, so thank you for that. 🙂
March 15th, 2016 at 6:51 am
Good old Mom. A kid can usually depend on her. Depending on his age, he may or may not get to Paris or wherever. Humorous and well done, David. 😀 — Suzanne
March 18th, 2016 at 11:15 pm
Just saw this, and I love it. I always admire stories which contain nothing but dialogue, and still reveal so much about the people involved without any elaborate descriptions – that takes much skill. Well-done.
Those last lines are killer:
“You’ll go off to live in some faraway city, attending trendy parties, having existential discussions in cafés. Becoming a different person.”
“Could happen.”
“Fine, I’ll buy the photograph.”
“Thanks, Mom.”
Pow!
March 20th, 2016 at 1:20 am
Thanks, Dreamer. It’s all about the mom’s choice, whether to let her son go or not. Glad you liked it. 🙂
March 20th, 2016 at 1:52 am
It was my pleasure!
April 2nd, 2016 at 10:59 am
brilliant!