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This story was inspired by a dream.
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Dorothy Prangholm and her nasty surprise

Dorothy Prangholm was enigmatic soul. Raised on a farm in rural Idaho, She had brown mousy hair and just a hint of an overbite. Most people hardly noticed her. She always just sort of blended into a crowd. That was exactly how she wanted it.

It was a beautiful morning. The long hot shower brought her fully awake while nervous anxiety heightened her senses. After choosing a plain navy blouse with jeans and matching navy socks Dorothy went into the kitchen to begin the ghastly morning ritual.

Breakfast consisted of cabbage boiled the night before and lightly sprinkled with salt. Also on the menu were a boiled egg and 1 12 oz. can of Albertsons brand chili, with beans. It had to be Albertsons brand. To wash it all down Dorothy drank 3 bottles of Munich Dunkel dark lager beer. It was torture for her to drink it as she hated beer, but nothing worked quite as well and the results were worth the effort.

As Dorothy was getting into her car she wrestled with herself on where to go today. It was either going to be the mall in Boise, or the Regal Cinemas just outside of town. Being that today was 2 for 1 at Regal it was an easy choice. The theater would be packed. As her mind wandered nervously, Dorothy’s stomach roiled from the noxious gassy mixture angrily boiling in her midriff. Small beads of sweat formed on her upper lip.

Pulling into the parking lot Dorothy was elated to find space only available at the far reaches of the lot. The placed was packed to the gills! 2 for 1 day is popular in Boise, and it was opening day of the new Michael Moore film. Spring break obviously had something to do with it as well. Dorothy parked her Toyota prius in the closest spot she could find, grabbed her purse and walked briskly to get in line at the box office. As she waited for her turn to pay, Dorothy was experiencing sharp stabbing gas pains in her abdomen. Her bowels were screaming for her to release the pressure building from the toxic bio fuel she had ingested earlier. Dorothy stubbornly refused. She was grimly saving it.

After paying for the ticket, She walked woodenly through the turnstile to the back theater behind the snack bar. As she entered the dim auditorium, Doothy waited until her eyes adjusted to the low level lighting before choosing her seat. This was the most important part of her plan. She took time choosing the seat that would set the stage of this twisted ritual. Spotting a rather portly old man eating a hot dog Dorothy knew he would be the one. Taking care not to let any gas escape, Dorothy gingerly made her way to the center row, midway up the aisle.

Smiling painfully, She sat down and bit her lip as the gas pains became almost intolerable. The large man next to her wolfed down the hot dog and began systematically shoveling down the popcorn between gulps of an undetermined soda, large. In what seemed like an eternity Dorothy closed her eyes in concentration while waiting for the lights to dim and the previews to begin. Sweat trickling down the back of her neck, she was relieved and elated when the lights went down and a hush came over the packed movie theater.

As the previews began and the theater grew dark Dorothy placed both feet firmly on the smooth concrete floor. As she slightly spread her legs in the practiced position of a professional, Dorothy let a small amount of gas escape. In less than 5 seconds the smell reached her nostrils.

It was an oily smell not unlike boiled eggs and sulfur. The odor was so thick and strong you could almost see it. Looking out the corner of her eye for a hint of reaction from the man next to her, Dorothy’s pulse quickened. This was what it was all about! As he was lifting another handful of popcorn to his cavernous pie hole, the portly man caught a whiff the nasty odor and paused. He sniffed cautiously and wrinkled his nose.

At that point Dorothy planted her feet and let out a steady stream of the horrid death smell. It had taken years of trial and error until She had come up with just the right ingredients for the eye watering stench. A full decade of practice gave Dorothy the ability of being able to pass gas silently at will. Her eyes watered as the smell assaulted her senses. As more gas erupted silently from her screaming bowels it took on an even nastier smell. Like burning plastic and rotting chicken. Her eyes teared as the smell wafted out into the theater.

The reaction in the packed room was swift. Heads started turning. Groans erupted from the crowd as people were forced to breath in the horrific odor. Like a well rehearsed role in a play, Dorothy turned towards the man next to her with an accusing look. “Oh my god”, Dorothy said. “Was that you?”

The portly man turned beet red and exclaimed embarrassedly “It wasn’t me!!”

The reaction from the crowd was just as she had hoped. “Dude that smells like a fucking turd wrapped in burnt hair” a teenager shouted. His girlfriend tried to shield her nose in the crook of her arm to escape the obnoxiously foul stench.

As the objections from the crowd grew louder Dorothy let loose another full 20 second stream. In 30 seconds the noise of the crowd began drowning out the previews. The more Dorothy let go the fouler the smell became. People began to exit the theater. An angry man with a John Deer ball cap slapped the portly man on the back of his head as he said “you fucking asshole” between clenched teeth.

Pretending that she was gagging, Dorothy grabbed her purse and began to leave. As she passed by the portly man Dorothy clenched her muscled abdomen and pushed hard. The smell was so strong and foul that when it passed through the portly mans nostrils he began gagging. As She walked up the hall toward the exit she heard her victim dry heaving as he denied to the angry crowd that he was the culprit.

Satisfied for now, Dorothy made her way to the ladies room. In the privacy of the stall she removed her panties, wiped herself and put on the spare pair she carried for such occasions. That last hard clench of her abdomen had created greenish brown hash marks in the ones she was wearing, It was a small price to pay for the expressions on the faces of the people in the theater forced to smell the rancid concoction she had so painstakingly developed.

Daydreaming of tomorrow’s assault, Dorothy put on her sunglasses and started off to the car.
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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2009, 02:12:20 PM »


This is a favorite of mine.  You know that.

I might suggest removing some of the adjectives and adverbs... 'gingerly' etc.  but other than that, it's freaking brilliant.
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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2009, 12:02:08 PM »


Wow. Thanks Jen.

Coming from you that means a helluva lot.

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« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2011, 02:23:22 PM »


FUCK YEAH! I had a literary agent contact me today regarding this short story I vomited out a few years ago.   He read it on another writing forum that actually has traffic.   Good chance I will be paid for the idea.   If I get money doesnt that make me a professional??? LMAO. 

I am Jens infamous Big Brother.   And I am a total fucking asshole.   Suck it. 

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Dorothy Prangholm and her nasty suprise

Dorothy Prangholm was enigmatic soul.   Raised on a farm in rural Idaho, She had brown mousy hair and just a hint of an overbite.   Most people hardly noticed her.   She always just sort of blended into a crowd.   That was exactly how she wanted it. 

It was a beautiful morning.   The long hot shower brought her fully awake while nervous anxiety heightened her senses.   After choosing a plain navy blouse with jeans and matching navy socks Dorothy went into the kitchen to begin the ghastly morning ritual. 

Breakfast consisted of cabbage boiled the night before and lightly sprinkled with salt.   Also on the menu were a boiled egg and 1 12 oz.   can of Albertsons brand chili, with beans.   It had to be Albertsons brand.   To wash it all down Dorothy drank 3 bottles of Munich Dunkel dark lager beer.   It was torture for her to drink it as she hated beer, but nothing worked quite as well and the results were worth the effort. 

As Dorothy was getting into her car she wrestled with herself on where to go today.   It was either going to be the mall in Boise, or the Regal Cinemas just outside of town.   Being that today was 2 for 1 at Regal it was an easy choice.   The theater would be packed.   As her mind wandered nervously, Dorothy’s stomach roiled from the noxious gassy mixture angrily boiling in her midriff.   Small beads of sweat formed on her upper lip. 

Pulling into the parking lot Dorothy was elated to find space only available at the far reaches of the lot.   The placed was packed to the gills! 2 for 1 day is popular in Boise, and it was opening day of the new Michael Moore film.   Spring break obviously had something to do with it as well.   Dorothy parked her Toyota prius in the closest spot she could find, grabbed her purse and walked briskly to get in line at the box office.   As she waited for her turn to pay, Dorothy was experiencing sharp stabbing gas pains in her abdomen.   Her bowels were screaming for her to release the pressure building from the toxic bio fuel she had ingested earlier.   Dorothy stubbornly refused.   She was grimly saving it. 

After paying for the ticket, She walked woodenly through the turnstile to the back theater behind the snack bar.   As she entered the dim auditorium, Doothy waited until her eyes adjusted to the low level lighting before choosing her seat.   This was the most important part of her plan.   She took time choosing the seat that would set the stage of this twisted ritual.   Spotting a rather portly old man eating a hot dog Dorothy knew he would be the one.   Taking care not to let any gas escape, Dorothy gingerly made her way to the center row, midway up the aisle. 

Smiling painfully, She sat down and bit her lip as the gas pains became almost intolerable.   The large man next to her wolfed down the hot dog and began systematically shoveling down the popcorn between gulps of an undetermined soda, large.   In what seemed like an eternity Dorothy closed her eyes in concentration while waiting for the lights to dim and the previews to begin.   Sweat trickling down the back of her neck, she was relieved and elated when the lights went down and a hush came over the packed movie theater. 

As the previews began and the theater grew dark Dorothy placed both feet firmly on the smooth concrete floor.   As she slightly spread her legs in the practiced position of a professional, Dorothy let a small amount of gas escape.   In less than 5 seconds the smell reached her nostrils. 

It was an oily smell not unlike boiled eggs and sulfur.   The odor was so thick and strong you could almost see it.   Looking out the corner of her eye for a hint of reaction from the man next to her, Dorothy’s pulse quickened.   This was what it was all about! As he was lifting another handful of popcorn to his cavernous pie hole, the portly man caught a whiff the nasty odor and paused.   He sniffed cautiously and wrinkled his nose. 

At that point Dorothy planted her feet and let out a steady stream of the horrid death smell.   It had taken years of trial and error until She had come up with just the right ingredients for the eye watering stench.   A full decade of practice gave Dorothy the ability of being able to pass gas silently at will.   Her eyes watered as the smell assaulted her senses.   As more gas erupted silently from her screaming bowels it took on an even nastier smell.   Like burning plastic and rotting chicken.   Her eyes teared as the smell wafted out into the theater. 

The reaction in the packed room was swift.   Heads started turning.   Groans erupted from the crowd as people were forced to breath in the horrific odor.   Like a well rehearsed role in a play, Dorothy turned towards the man next to her with an accusing look.   “Oh my god”, Dorothy said.   “Was that you?”

The portly man turned beet red and exclaimed embarrassedly “It wasn’t me!!”

The reaction from the crowd was just as she had hoped.   “Dude that smells like a fucking turd wrapped in burnt hair” a teenager shouted.   His girlfriend tried to shield her nose in the crook of her arm to escape the obnoxiously foul stench. 

As the objections from the crowd grew louder Dorothy let loose another full 20 second stream.   In 30 seconds the noise of the crowd began drowning out the previews.   The more Dorothy let go the fouler the smell became.   People began to exit the theater.   An angry man with a John Deer ball cap slapped the portly man on the back of his head as he said “you fucking asshole” between clenched teeth. 

Pretending that she was gagging, Dorothy grabbed her purse and began to leave.   As she passed by the portly man Dorothy clenched her muscled abdomen and pushed hard.   The smell was so strong and foul that when it passed through the portly mans nostrils he began gagging.   As She walked up the hall toward the exit she heard her victim dry heaving as he denied to the angry crowd that he was the culprit. 

Satisfied for now, Dorothy made her way to the ladies room.   In the privacy of the stall she removed her panties, wiped herself and put on the spare pair she carried for such occasions.   That last hard clench of her abdomen had created greenish brown hash marks in the ones she was wearing, It was a small price to pay for the expressions on the faces of the people in the theater forced to smell the rancid concoction she had so painstakingly developed. 

Daydreaming of tomorrow’s assault, Dorothy put on her sunglasses and started off to the car. 

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« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2011, 12:07:27 AM »


Hi, you don't know me yet. I am a returning veteran of Literary Mary and I love to do crits almost as much as I love to get them.

The first suggestion I had was for the following sentence.
"She always just sort of blended into a crowd. That was exactly how she wanted it." I try to stay away from words like always, and just. I think your sentence would be more interesting and powerful without them. Make sure you use an active voice to make your story move. You and about every writer I know (including myself) suffer this malady.

"She blended into a crowd, an state of being she cultivated." That is something you should work out with your own voice. This is a suggestion.

I feel you should get rid of some of what I would called overly descriptive background story, especially in the early part of the story. Make a hook early. Maybe start in the auditorium and flash back to the foods that built up the gas. Avoid cliche. It makes the story a little weak unless carefully used to make some topics seem comfortably familiar to the reader.

This could make me laugh until my ribs hurt if it had about half the words.

I would rather stop here and let you go through the remainder critiquing yourself and resubmit it for more critique.

Ingenious placing of the subject inside an orchestra with I assume a base or viola.

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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2011, 10:42:02 PM »


I love this story, but I have to admit that at first I just skimmed it so I missed some of those sentences early on like: "As her mind wandered nervously, Dorothy’s stomach roiled from the noxious gassy mixture angrily boiling in her midriff. " So it was a better surprise for me when her purpose became known.  I don't know if I would leave in the part about how she was "grimly saving it. " As I said before, the story is better if the reader doesn't have as much of a hint of what is going to happen.  You could add sentences near the end like, "Eating the disgusting breakfast of. . . . certainly was worth it. "

Good luck with publishing it.
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« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2011, 06:10:59 AM »


I was a bit bored, so I stumbled back here. It's an amusing premise, but there are a number of issues which let it down. Excluding issues previously mentioned (GK's mention of the use of a passive voice is a very important one to note), the one thing that gets me is that this is basically a long joke and it never rises above that.

I'm pleased for you that someone took an interest in this story, although I must admit I'm a little surprised. Some of the basic foundations of short story telling are missing, and not in an experimental interesting way. Your protaganist basically eats and drinks some filth, goes to a cinema, and commits some kind of arse-terrorism. There is no clear motive for the character and nothing which draws the reader into their world. We are left as observers to a joke, which passes the time, but doesn't pass for good writing.

I'm sure you'll never come back to read this, but that's ok, I find writing a crit is usually helpful to me as a writer anyway.

Good luck to you
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2011, 01:29:56 PM »


I hope they do come back redperil. I learn a lot from critiquing other peoples work. I also learn a lot by being critiqued. If Shawn does't he/she will miss an opportunity to learn from their mistakes. I understand how much it can boost ones confidence and pride to be told they have something  worth selling. Unfortunately, that pride can make us stumble into the pit of thinking we are a trade pro and therefore an expert. I feel really bad for this writer. I'd like to see them succeed. I've made money, been told how great some of my work is, but I still write crap sometimes and when I get a crit, if it's not fixable, I look for that small glimmer in the story that can translate into something awesome. Of course we can be wrong with out critiques, but when you have so many agreeing about needed changes, its worth considering.

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« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2011, 01:34:01 PM »


Sorry, I thought of something that I hope will be helpful. This story is basically about a grandma's unexpected fart. As an aging woman, yes it happens the older you get. Put it into a whimsical poem, eg Robin Williams' style, and it may work much better. Fart jokes seem to forever get a laugh from a certain crowd of Red Necks which my wonderful husband is a member of. 
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