This short story is an entry in the 2003 Soc.Sexuality.Spanking Summer Short Story Contest and is copyright by the author and commercial use is prohibited without permission. Personal/private copies are permitted only if complete including the copyright notice. The author would appreciate your comments
Category: Mini-saga
The source of the opening line is given at the end.
English Lesson
By
Y Lee Coyote <YLeeCoyote@juno.com>
"You want to use a hyphen there? Ooooo, that's very naughty!
He shivered hearing that knowing, all too well, what happened when his father used that word. Silently; fearfully he watched the English teacher take the paddle from the desk drawer.
"Position, please."
He dropped his pants and bent over.
WHACK!!
The End
© Copyright A.I.L., 07 August 2003
Author's note: There was an item about the Chicago Manual of Style in today's New York Times. I took the opening line from this paragraph: «"We used to take style questions over the phone," said Ms. Samen, who is also managing editor of the books division of the University of Chicago Press. "I always thought we should make it a 900 number." Showing how that might go, she lowered her voice seductively: "You want to use a hyphen there? Ooooo, that's very naughty!"»
Reviews
<justacatfish(at)aol(dot)com>
Sorry. I don't see anything here worth commenting on.
Redhawk <redhawk(at)screaminet(dot)com>
Good story. Liked how it came about. Very good for the category. Probably the best I've read so far in this category
Kent Stoneking <kentls01(at)msn(dot)com>
Neat use of a real-life source (something I did myself last year!). I've never heard an English teacher say «Ooooo» before, but I suppose there's a first time for everything.