100 Word Story - The Music Collection (Repost from Facebook, 3 October 2009)

His Collection, though impressively sized, was effortlessly collected. Causing a plane crash in adverse weather brought his single-biggest haul. His next specimen was a case of patience over effort. The reckless gun-play could have figured more prominently, but waiting for fried banana sandwiches to do their damage took all the legwork out of it. He gathered most cases by simply waiting for those fatal partners “Depression” and “Drugs” or “Alcohol” to take their toll. He thought his latest specimen was going to be toughest of all. Alas, a lifetime of eccentricity and a skoche of greed played together nicely.

This was on the prompt of "A Full Set", from Weekly Challenge #175, for the week of 8/29/2009.

For any who aren't sure what I was going for, it is an abstract description of some other-worldly, superhuman being who "collects" famous, legendary musicians from Earth, who we just see as dying unexpectedly. The story climaxes at the end with a description of Michael Jackson joining his collection. It was my first attempt, and was probably overly heavy-handed and awkward.