WHAT TO DO WITH ERIC

 Free Gift! An Idea For A Short Story 

I thought this up recently but I'm not going to write it as too many other projects have priority. So I'm throwing it open to anyone who's following this blog and would like to use or adapt it.

I think it would make a nice little black comedy. All I ask is that you let me have your comments.

Margaret, 50, is a widow. Her late husband Eric lives on the mantelpiece in the sitting room of her semi detached house in Kidderminster. Margaret hated Eric, a pompous, opinionated, mean spirited wretch, and was mightily relieved when he fell through the greenhouse roof and died.

Eric, The Not-So-Dear Departed

Eric's presence on the mantelpiece is a constant reminder of the miserable marriage she endured for 25 years. She longs to chuck his urn on the nearest rubbish dump, but every Sunday Eric's devoted Mum invites herself for tea and, while Margaret boils a kettle, prepares ham and tomato sandwiches and cuts slices from a Dundee fruitcake, Mum enjoys her weekly chat with her lost and much lamented son.

So how can Margaret possibly get rid of Eric? Perhaps the only solution is to get rid of Eric's Mum.