30 Stories in 30 Days #26 – “Idiot 2.0”

Idiot 2.0

Swiveling around in his chair, Mike announced, “I need an idiot.”

His fiancée Sue lowered the book she was reading and replied, “You’ll want to choose your next words very carefully.”

Laughing, Mike stood and walked to the couch. He sat down next to her and explained, “I’m working on my, as yet, untitled story, and one of the characters is a bit of an idiot. But I’m having a hell of a time trying to write his dialogue. I either make him sound completely brain dead, or there’s a subtle...