Dead Man Floating

Still playing with this one. I think that it has potential and along with some wonderful illustrations, who knows?

Rough and chilly draft

Blanco's Search

My short, short story is about a ghost named Blanco.

Floating in the haunts among his fellow Zen ghosts Blanco becomes aware of has low self esteem issues; Blanco feels alienated, alone, he knows that he's different. As he aimlessly searches for his repetitious mantra Blanco's dead peers mock his obvious learning disability. Poor Blanco cannot grasp the techniques of meditation, he's clearly lacking yin_yang in his din_dang. As Blanco desperately struggles to learn how to relax it becomes apparent that he's having difficulty in letting go of his life ghosts because at the very moment of his death Blanco was carrying a suitcase packed tight with life_trauma.

Blanco's frustration causes him to spend much of his time crying redundantly and this is how Blanco accidentally discovers his very own *mantra!

Blanco's Mantra:

*boo hoo
*boo hoo
*boo hoo
*boo hoo
*boo hoo
*boo hoo


Blanco's after-life story is one of those tragic kind of tragedies with a sappy ending. The reader easily bonds with Blanco while traveling with him on his long and lonely search. We find ourselves cheering for our beloved ghost as he triumphantly emerges with a face full of pride.

We see that Blanco has attained in his death what many of us are unable to attain in an entire lifetime... Self acceptance.

Carol Brown ©