Harry Splutter & the Lure of Hollyweird

Episode 9

“One Long Island Iced Tea coming up.”

Harry watched as the man pulled strangely shaped bottles from in front of a magical mirror that reflected the man’s opposite side than the one Harry could see, mixing different colored liquids together that magically changed into a blend of the colors they had been.

He set the drink in front of Harry. The surface of the glass magically misted with wetness and water trickled down the side.

“How much is it?” Harry asked quietly.

The aproned man blatantly* blew into a handkerchief, “That’ll be five quid Mac.”

“Five quid for a glass of iced tea?” Harry cried shrilly.

“Long Island Iced Tea, kid. The best tea in the world.”

Harry picked up the magically sweating glass. “Effing better be,” grumbled Harry glumly.

“Whud you say, you little twerp?”

Harry pulled out his Olivander 6000 XL wand and wiggled it. “Stupidfly!” Since it had been quite sometime since the running gag about misquoted spells had been trotted out to take a bow.

The aproned man flew into the air flapping his arms madly. “WTF, Mac?”

* * *


Harry set the magically sweating glass on the table in front of Bumblebore. “Ah, Larry—“

“Harry.”

“Harry, my boy. You’re a wonder.” Bumbelbore took an enormously big swig of the brownishly potion then smacked his lips flagrantly and trembled slightly. “G—ooood. Darn that’s fine as Mississippi mud on a Louisiana day.”

“What are you yammering about?”

“Horcruxii, or have you forgotten?”

* Note: See a previous post for the difference between blatant and flagrant.

Published by Norm Benson

My name is Norm Benson and I'm currently researching and writing a biography of Walter C. Lowdermilk. In addition to being a writer, I'm an avid homebrewer. I'm also a registered professional forester in California with thirty-five years of experience. My background includes forest management, fire fighting, law enforcement, teaching, and public information.

7 thoughts on “Harry Splutter & the Lure of Hollyweird

  1. MUCH more extensive use of adverbs. You’re really getting the hang of this.

    Just one small omission; Harry wiggled his wand – now how did he wiggle it? JKR (I’d call her The Master but she’s female, and The Mistress sounds wrong) would not have missed this opportunity.

    Impatiently
    Angrily
    Resignedly
    Nonchalantly
    Derisively
    Expertly
    Amateurishly

    The reader needs to know.

  2. Just because I made it up doesn’t mean it is not a word. Comminatory is the adjective of commination. If there’s an adjective can an adverb be far behind?

  3. Hmm, all right then, but ‘comminatorily’ hardly trips off the tongue.

    More likely gets tangled in its own shoe laces, falls over and knocks itself out on the teeth.

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