SUCKER by Neil Asher

If you have five minutes, you have time to enjoy Sucker, the short story that Neil Asher posted on his blog The Skinner on April 28, 2008, as gift to his loyal fans.

You’re wasting your time reading my little review when you could be reading his story. However, you must like what I have to say. So…

Sucker is the story of guy, a fat guy that does not like to be called fat, especially by his wife. We enter into their marriage on the day when he has decided that he has had enough. He puts a mashed potato filled fork into her eye. He then retrieves his favorite knife and begins to prepare her for the meat locker. I guess the saying would go: if you can’t live with her, eat her.

Then the door rings. Nice! Enter the Tyson Vacuum salesman. He had an appointment to meet with the wife and demonstrate the awesome power of its suction. He will not take no for an answer, he must demonstrate. He had an appointment after all.

I’m not going to ruin the rest. You will have to read it for you self. You can read it by clicking here: Sucker.

What I like about Asher’s short fiction is that he has the amazing ability to stay completely immersed in the scene, the moment, and show the action with very little summary or none at all. I have something to learn from that.

Enjoy!

Asher, Neil. Sucker. The Skinner