“Never look directly at the mountains,” warns Peik’s ma. “The gods will strike you down.”
“That’s ridiculous!” says Peik. “They’ve no reason to hurt me. I’ve done nothing wrong.”
In a fit of pique, Peik peeks at the snowy peaks.
The gods, offended by the excess homophones, smite him instantly.
C.M.F. Wright is an avid reader and sentence wrangler. Her short stories have appeared in Fifty Word Stories, Microfiction Monday, Syntax & Salt Magazine and the VSS365 Anthology.