About 5,500 words

The tricentennial celebration, or should I say the “Sempvenis presents The Tricentennial Celebration”, was a day that Robby Stein and the employees of Progmations Pharmaceuticals thought would never come. Robby threw up 4 times before he even made it out of his bedroom that morning, and he knew that his nerves were only going to get worse as the time grew nearer. Pat Carver and the Board of Directors at Progmations were still outraged that this could be happening and they had twenty-nine attorneys still working on finding a way to stop what was sure to be a disaster. Unfortunately, there appeared to be no way out of this, and Pat had no idea how to stop his company from being taken over. All of his company’s hopes and dreams, and most likely his employee’s futures, rested on the very skinny and astoundingly weak shoulders of Robby Stein, and that scared the hell out of him.

About 10,000 words

“I’m sorry about this. I know you are disappointed,” Walter said as he stared out at the sun setting behind an eerily calm ocean. It had been another sweltering August day. Usually the ocean breeze helped keep him cool, but there hadn’t been a breeze in several hours.
“Story of my life,” Bill muttered under his breath.
“What was that?” Walter asked.
“Nothing. I really don’t mind not catching anything. I still appreciate you bringing me out here. Deep sea fishing was something I always wanted to do, so at least I got that experience.”