The Experiment: (Try It Yourself - If You Dare!)

by Brian Johnson

John narrates the story of how his life changed after his odd encounter with a stranger calling himself ‘Richard’. John detests his life up to that point, but dare he participate in ‘The Experiment’ that Richard proposes? If he does, for better or worse, he is assured that his life will never be the same again.

“There are only two simple rules for you to adhere to John. All you must do is firstly to always tell the truth, and secondly to speak your mind about EVERYTHING that you are contemplating. All you will be obliged to do is follow these two imperatives for a period of exactly 24 hours.”

NOTE. This story is included in the book titled "Chicken Lababdar:and eight other stories'.

43 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 16, 2015

About the author

My word where to begin? I've had time on my hands over recent years, following early retirement, that I believe has been put to good use. My wife and I enjoy holidays, theatre and dining out, together I hasten to add; which I guess would keep most people content. Primarily though, I think I have been lucky to spend more time with my grandchildren than would otherwise have been possible.
I've been able to do some not very good watercolour pantings and some cooking which has turned out to be surprisingly edible.
As far as my writing is concerned; it was originally no more than a case of give it a try and see how it goes. The first chapter of my debut Captain Shoelace story was so well received by friends and family that I was encouraged to see it through to the end.

I now have three Captain Shoelace books, a thriller, a collection of short stories under my belt. Add to that my latest book "One Sin Follows Another" and you can see that I've got the writing bug.

Reviews

[John Flagg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant short story both thought provoking and humourous.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable to read and entertaining, but far-fetched, the scenario it wouldn't play out like that in real life, but amusing nevertheless.