Free Fiction: Carleton And The Penguins

I'm a fiction writer, so I thought "Why not post a bit of fiction on this blog?" Here's a ficlet I wrote using the following prompt words: penguins, rain, flash, corset, slippery, riding crop, lantern, apostrophe, tricycle, spaghetti and deosil

Any word prompts for further free ficlets will be happily accepted!

 

Carleton always blamed the penguins.

He had a good defence for the story, whenever anyone challenged him on this explanation. He had gone to New York with the specific intention of...