MFTS – The Highest Spirits
Here’s my story for Barbara Beacham’s Mondays Finish the Story.
To read the other stories, click on the blue froggy. The supplied opening sentence is in bold in my story.
“The only residents remaining in the small town of Miners Hill are spirits.”
“That was the end of the myth? Heavy,” said Chad.
“Yep,” said Brad. “And there it is. Miners Hill.”
“Wow. It really is black and white. I thought it was just an old photo.”
They scrambled down the hill.
“Spirits, the myth says? What kind, d’ya think?”
“I’m hopin’ vodka, whisky, maybe even… the Good Stuff.”
“Wow. Advocaat? Heavy.”
Suddenly a host of ghostly apparitions appeared.
“Whoa!” Chad pulled the joint out of his mouth and stared at it suspiciously.
“I can see them too, and I’m not even high!” said Brad.
“Oh, dude, you gave up?” asked Chad sympathetically.
“Yeah, it’s kinda tough…”
“IF YOU TWO DON’T MIND?” broke in one of the spirits. “YOUR SOULS ARE FORFEIT.”
“No! Not my Nikes!” Chad looked in dismay at his footwear.
“SOULS. WITH A ‘U’.”
And so the lads joined the ranks of the dead, booze in hand, weed in mouth, the highest spirits of Miners Hill.
LOL! “No! Not my Nikes!” Haha! Cute story. So those dudes are the highest spirits in the spirit realm??
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For sure, given that somehow they’re still managing to smoke the weed 🙂
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The lads should have paid more attention in English class. Spelling and punctuation DO count. So does knowing that there’s more than one meaning to a word. And homonyms — a particularly English kind of confusion. Love it.
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They certainly should have thought a bit more about that word, though their mindset predisposed them towards booze!
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Funny made me think of Cheech and Chong American stoners from the 70’s.
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I thought that too as I was writing 🙂
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Surely Nikes are sacrosanct! Funny scene, played out well through the dialogue. 🙂
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He got to keep them in ghostly form!
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Yes, of course…the souls instead soles. Nice play on words. 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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Very funny! Love the Nikes reference! The tale of Miners Hill goes up in smoke….Well done Ali! Thanks for sharing your story! See you next week! Be well… ^..^
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I’m glad you liked it! And he got to keep the Nikes in some form…
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🙂
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Very funny, high spirits they were certainly now….
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It sounds like their ideal lifestyle. Glad you liked it!
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I laughed through this. Nice job.
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I’m glad I made you laugh 🙂
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Funny, but I thought “are they experiencing a combined, drug induced hallucination?”
Apparently is it possible. Your stories are always so thought proving which is what makes a good story. 😀
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That’s entirely possible, given what they’re drinking/smoking at any given moment!
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All Hail to the Most High Spirits, Chad and Brad.
They’re dead and ba-a-ad!
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Nicely rhymed 🙂
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It would be interesting to visit a town full of stoned ghosts… especially in living black and white!
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It would probably take the edge off the terror a bit, seeing them weaving around and slurring. Chad and Brad are a bad influence!
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There are so many great lines in this story. By the end, I was laughing out loud!
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I’m glad you liked it! It was fun writing stoner dialogue 🙂 Another hundred words would have been nice…
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There could be a part 2?
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You never know! I think an extended version of this one might be the thing. I had to cut out an awful lot of words.
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When I read your story’s you bring up the need/desire to read a book.
Very well done young man.
Isn’t the large building at the top of photo from a past story?
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Thanks! I’m glad my stories make you want to read. Actually, if I could think of a whole plot, I reckon Chad and Brad would make good characters for an actual novelette.
I’ve certainly seen a similar photo for some story at some point in the past.
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If you don’t vaporize, run them off a cliff, bury them, chop them up, you’ve already written the story’s for Cad and Brad.
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There could be all manner of excitement in store for those two.
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Cute. these guys got more of a high than the thought possible.
P.S. Stay away from that town. !!!!! Wouldn’t want you to get lost.
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Yeah, I don’t want to become the newest residents!
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Good. Would hate to lose you and your great stories.
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🙂
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I am going to guess losing Chad and Brad to Miners’ Hill is no great loss to the rest of the world. In fact, the spirits may regret that later on.
I had to look up Advocaat…which led to Google asking if I wanted egg nog. Yech!
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I reckon they’ll “liven” the place up!
I tried to think of some tipple that most people hate and which wouldn’t really sound like Chad and Brad’s “thing” 🙂
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Haha…loved it…very entertaining.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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You have to love Chd’s priorities… the Nike’s must be protected. So funny and so good!!!1
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They’re expensive and cool! First things first.
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Funny ghost story…The title is very funny too 🙂
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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A very funny story! I love the Nikes line. 😀
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The Nikes must be protected 🙂
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I bet this would work brilliantly as a sketch. So many great one-liners 😀
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Sort of a Bill and Ted kind of thing 🙂
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Try to explain those new spirits to the Medium…
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The Medium will certainly have a hard time getting any sense out of them!
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Omg hahahaha. Not even high? Yeah sure you weren’t, Brad 🙂
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I expect “high” is a relative term in their world 🙂
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Hahaha.. its so funny!! Souls with a ‘U’. LOL
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I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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It made me smile too, great humour.
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I’m glad it made you smile 🙂
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Cool story! It reminded me of the movie “up in the smoke” 🙂
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I haven’t actually ever seen any of their films but I’m aware of them, and my guys brought Cheech and Chong to my mind as well!
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Funny story, Ali, They sound a little like Bill and Ted, who I dearly love. You might want to change the word “The” in line five to “They.” That doesn’t take away from the fact it’s a great story. 😀 — Suzanne
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They are a bit Bill and Ted, aren’t they?
It’s unbelievable – the number of times I proof-read that and there was still a typo (now corrected). Thanks 🙂
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Absolutely brilliant repartee, a mind boggling variation of highs, lows and spiritual soles. ~ Well produced Ali ~ 🙂
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I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for the lovely comment 🙂
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MOL…Ya man… high in the sky… 😀 Hilarical Pawkisses 🙂 ❤
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🙂
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Corn-ball humor is only humor when you are intoxicated. Nice job.
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Thanks. Mostly everything’s funny when you’re intoxicated!
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Hilariously amusing dialogue right there… I wish we can have as much fun without being high on drugs… or can we?
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I’m sure we can. I had fun writing it and I’m not on anything 🙂
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Haha that’s a good point right there! I did have fun reading it too
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🙂
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