Burning Embrace: A Sexy Fire Safety Skeleton Short Story

by Jo Carson

You went to sleep one cozy Christmas eve with visions of sugar plums dancing in your head, only to awake to fiery destruction. What happened? And who is this sexy skeleton walking out of your burning tree?

Reader(m/f)/Sexy Skeleton (?)Rated PG-13Second Person POV2000 words, short storyContent graphic depictions of structure fire, imminent death, narrator in danger.Pretty much completely in reference to a Twitter meme from the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.

10 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 17, 2021

About the author

Jo Carson was a playwright, poet, fiction writer, performer, author of children's books, and NPR commentator.

Her books highlight voice and narrative, such as the popular collection of first-person persona poems Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet. She devoted many years to developing community theater and storytelling projects.

Reviews

[D · Rating 5 out of 5]

PSA turned meme turned into whatever this is...I loved it.

Brilliant short about a PSA turned meme. The author had stroke or brilliance with just a dash of madness with this one. 5 days for the creativity alone.

[Lindsay Hamilton · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting

Umm… not quite sure of the point. Haha Definitely a good reminder of fire safety, be sure to water your Christmas tree, bc I don’t think you’ll have a confusingly appealing skeleton to save your life

[Bianca M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hmmmm

Cute, very short story. It’s told in 2nd person, which is interesting. Holiday safety is important….unless you really want to meet the safety guy from the story! 😂

[Desirée Niccoli]

The sexy fire safety skeleton romance short we all needed.

[Ally · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fire safety ? Sure 🤣🤣