Floppy shoes, a squirting flower and an assortment of red noses: his bedroom closet contained everything you’d expect from a clown, down to the traditional orange wig.
As usual August had trouble picking the right ensemble. He was a perfectionist and wanted to give the kid he had lined up for today’s gig to have the ultimate clown experience. Whether you wore a common red bow-tie or a novelty spinning one could make all the difference.
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And people wonder why clowns creep me out! This is very well put together.. love the innocence in the beginning and then the lightning flashes at the end.
Clowns seem to creep everyone out. Why do they still exist, then!
haha brilliant..psychopath clown!
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Never in a million years could I have guessed that ending! I loved the twist, I’m thinking cream pie to the face your thinking bloody murder.
PS why was the clown named August?
August is an archetypical clown’s name in Belgium, Holland, Germany and the like.
I had no idea, thanks for the surprises and the history 🙂
How brilliantly wicked! Loved it…
Oh that was perfect! :))
….and yet another reason to hate clowns! (good story, though … )
Excellent. I really didn’t see the twist coming.
Yes! Love this one!
Good story…bad clown.
Hahaha love it. I have the same semi-twisty ironic humor. Going through these one by one and ‘liking’ all of them. Thank you for your likes to a few of my pieces; they’ve led me here for a constant dose of laughter and good ‘huh!’ and ‘oh!’ realizations 🙂 Inspired!
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Excellent, creepy story! For me, it was the name that really sold it. 🙂