He laughed loudly.
A door closed behind him.
He laughed a little more loudly still.
Another door closed behind him. Slammed!
He continued. He chortled. He guffawed. He jeered.
A text message came through.
“Will you STOP laughing, please? You’re annoying me.”
No, he said to himself. No. It’s my evening and I’ll laugh if I want to.
And he laughed even more loudly.
The walls themselves laughed loudly too, splitting their sides.
The cross-eyed cat doubled up with laughter.
A door opened quietly behind him.
The man was too busy laughing to notice.
The cord tightened around his throat.
This was no laughing matter.
John Malone 
Bam
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Ouch!
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Nice touch with the cat. Loved it.
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thank you: the cat was a last minute addition; this is a reworking of an earlier post that got little traffic and NO comments
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Died laughing….
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OMG 😬
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that’s the reaction I want, Joanna 🙂 thanks
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The one who laughs last… That must have been one annoying laughter.
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you know how annoying laughter can be when it’s aimed at you 🙂
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A surprise one. Laugh and the world laughs with you; unless your laughter is shrill, guttural, breathy or just spiteful, then you get a sniggering assault.
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thanks, Karen; it was featured on ‘The Drabble’, that flash fiction website; worth checking out and going in for 🙂
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Thanks, John. I’ll be sure to check it out.
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you would get published on there, I reckon 🙂
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That’s very kind of you to say. Thank you.
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plus, you’d be a fresh voice; but read a few of the pieces first to get an idea, esp the ones that have got plenty of ‘likes’ and ‘comments’
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will do. Thanks for steering me , a bit. It’s nice.
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that’s fine 🙂 you’ve got the ability; go for it 🙂
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Are we still talking about writing? 😉
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LOL 🙂 well, yes 🙂
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