Write a story inspired by the phrase “I’ll eat my hat.”

Posted in Dialogue on Apr 14, 2023

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“The Purpose of Patios” by Michael Clark

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Frank and Burt had lived in the outskirts of town, nestled among the trees and streams, since they were kids. They had inherited their homes right next door to one another from their fathers and on down the line. Eventually, they figured, that if they were going to live next to one another for an eternity, they might as well build an adjoining porch. This would prevent them from walking across the shallow ditch, a scar on the land, to get to each other’s houses. The porch was simple. A set of a few stairs descended to the ground level, then ...

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“Dry Lips” by Jarrel Jefferson

Submitted to Contest #194

I told Samantha I’d eat my hat if she could convince our parents, who’ve been divorced for twenty-two years, to get back together. I said this jokingly, thinking that her vow to undo Mom and Dad’s divorce, the thing that her and I agreed scared us worse than anything, was also a joke. But she was serious. Last month our parents got married—or remarried, I guess—and during the ceremony I could feel Samantha staring at me with I-told-you-so eyes while clutching my favorite hat, a cap in U.S. colors that says Mayor of Titty City, a hat I h...

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“Hat's Off to Brunch” by John Peck

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I could hardly believe my ears. Well, not that I have ears, but that’s beside the point. We were all having a perfectly lovely time at brunch, spilling the latest gossip, regaling one another with tales of trials and tribulations of the week, and testing the limits of the term “bottomless mimosas.” It seemed like a perfect day among friends. Carl wore a fedora, because of course he fucking did. It clung to his balding head just as desperately as Carl clung to his fading charisma. Janet wore a sunhat even though there was no sun today. She ...

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Write a story inspired by the phrase “I’ll eat my hat.”

Submissions are closed

✍️ 18 stories

“The Purpose of Patios” by Michael Clark

“Dry Lips” by Jarrel Jefferson

“Hat's Off to Brunch” by John Peck

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story inspired by the phrase “It’s hardly brain surgery.”

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Contest #194

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