Summer is the time for vacations, picnics on the beach and reruns on the telly. For me it’s a time to meet a deadline in July for my third novel in my series entitled AS ONE MUST ONE CAN. Many thanks to those of you who responded to my plea for your favorite reruns.
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Genre: Speculative Fiction
Word Count: 100
This story is from the week of 12 October 2012 when Madison was still Chief Fictioneer.
EIRONEIA
Summer 1969, an American sailor stationed in Greece, I went on leave to Santorini.
In Pyrgos, I met sable-eyed Melina.
We drank each other. Her fragrant breasts welcomed me home.
“Marry me,” I whispered.
“I can’t.”
After that I never saw her again.
Summer 2010, I returned to Pyrgos.
On the street I stopped a silver-haired woman. “Melina Dimitri? Do you know her?”
“Why?”
“I love her.”
“Impossible! She was my great-grandmother. Died in childbirth in 1869. Here she is with my great-grandfather.”
When the woman flipped out an old photograph I gasped at the youthful images of Melina and…me.
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple 
A story on reincarnations?
Awesome story.
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Dear Chioma,
In my head it’s some kind of accidental time travel. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Oh this is wonderful… my really first story of Friday Fictioneers, imagine. I will see what I can do on this. This is both chilling and bittersweet. I see time-travel and I see reincarnations but it’s a lovely lovely story Rorchelle.
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Dear Björn,
I saw it as an accidental time travel. I hadn’t considered reincarnation. Glad you like it in any case. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ghosts and romance, cool stuff.
You finished that book yet?
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Dear CE,
Your friend Pinky liked it when I posted this the first time. 😉 I’m in the editing stages of the book. So finished and not finished. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Parnormal romance! You span a huge range of genres!
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Dear Neil,
Every so often it’s good to step outside the sandbox and find another playground. This was fun although I haven’t tried it again since. Thank you for reading and commenting.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I remember this one and loved the ghostly aspect as much now as I did then. Great love story.
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This was fun to read. I want to participate in this, should I link my story to this post?
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Dear Mayur,
Glad you liked my story and happy to have you aboard. The best way is to link your story URL on the link list. Click the blue frog to the left of the prompt and then follow directions.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Good story, Rochelle, even though it’s not your usual genre. It gave me a chill. I was drawn in from the first with this one. Well written as always. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Dear Suzanne,
It was fun to try something different. Although I wrote this four years ago. The jury seems to be out on whether or not it was a successful experiment. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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The first round was before my time, but reading it now I cast my vote for success. Like in the other comments, it’s good to vary genre.
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That’s why the reruns are so much fun, Kevin. Fresh audience. 😉
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Love the first line.
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Dear J Hardy,
Glad you loved first line. Hope you enjoyed the rest of the story. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Oh, yes! I remember this one, it was a DANDY!
Five out of five dolmas.
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Dear Cuzzin Kent,
Dolmas…makes me hungry. And we all know that ‘when the weemen’s heppy, everybody’s heppy.’ 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Cuzzin Shelley
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HAHAHAHAHA! You know, I was just thinking about those boys this week. I need to get in touch with Jhan, if I can. Find out what’s up.
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If you do get in touch with him, tell him hi for me.
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Dear Rochelle,
Love this story, I too see time travel love the idea of meeting family and the shock of finding out something so life alterating! Fantsastic! Apologies for being very behind again, I’ve got about five weeks worth to try and catch up on 😦
Huge hugs Heidi
🙂
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Dear Heidi,
This was one of those experiments four years ago that I haven’t repeated. Although I love time travel stories. The movie Frequency is in my top ten faves of all time.
Not to worry about catching up I’ve been pretty much behind myself for weeks. 😉
Thank you and Shalom,
Rochelle
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Oh, very intriguing. Love it!
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Many thanks, Loré 😀
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I love that last line. And the photo of him in 1869. It leads me to consider that he may live for ever, yet does not recall his past lives. Intriguing. It seems that now a fault has occurred and he is beginning to recall his past lives!!! I feel story after story coming out?
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Dear Michael,
Actually I had more of a time traveler in mind. I suppose it’s however the reader sees it. 😉 Who knows? I might do something with this at a later date.
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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What an exciting twist! Although I am sad for him that this means he cannot reconnect with the woman he loved.
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Dear Joy,
Who knows? Maybe they’ll catch each other again somewhere in time. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Oh, I hope so!
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I love the mystery here Rochelle. I thought the line ‘We drank each other’ was superb – it goes beyond sexual desire and becomes a thirst, a need, something life sustaining. That’s how I read it anyway!
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Dear Thom,
You read that line as it was intended. 😉 Thank you for the read and the wonderful comment.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It’s sort of like Blake Lively’s “The Age of Adaline”, among many others. I’ve always enjoyed tales of time travel, people who never age, etc. Which one is it? It reminds me of why I’ve always been hesitant about trying to meet a nice woman. One never knows if she might be merely visiting from a whole nother dimension
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Dear Larry,
Interesting reason for not pursuing a woman. 😉 I do enjoy time travel stories. This was my first attempt and one of only two. Thank you for coming by.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ooh, that’s an intriguing one! No wonder Melina said she couldn’t marry him. I do love a time travel mystery. Makes me wonder how he jumped back a hundred years, or did she jump forward? Great story, Rochelle 🙂
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Dear Lynn,
In my mind he had somehow jumped back in time. On the other hand…interesting possibilities. Thank you. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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My pleasure 🙂
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Such a great take on the prompt, it took me a moment to realise the depth of the storyline. Beautifully executed.
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Dear Sandra,
Thank you for taking the moment to ponder. Your comments are appreciated.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Its quite creepy, actually!
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Dear Sabina,
Creepy? Maybe. 😉 Thank you for stopping by.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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A fantastic tale! I loved how time turned on itself, swallowing its own tail, so to speak. Great story, Rochelle!
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Dear Vijaya,
Time turning on itself and swallowing its own tail…love it. 😀 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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My pleasure, Rochelle! 🙂
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Interesting! Love the twist and the bits of details woven through. They added just enough to make the story and setting very vivid.
Happy trails!
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Dear Sara,
Thank you for such a marvelous comment. You made me smile.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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That is a fantastic story of love spanning reincarnations! Amazing, Rochelle!
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Dear Rashmi,
Actually I had more of a time travel in mind, although several thought it was reincarnation. Either way, if it worked it worked. 😉
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Of course, time travel makes sense too! 🙂
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Rochelle,
I must say this is my kind of story. I must confess though, I had to read it twice since it’s so different from you normal style. You did a wonderful job with it though. I love the “wait, what?” moment with the words great-grandmother. 🙂
-David
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Dear David,
I’m never sorry when someone reads my story more than once. This was one of two times I attempted a story like this. The other is a 500 word flash that I wrote for a contest. (It didn’t win. 😦 ) Perhaps when the dust settles from the trilogy, I’ll try it again. Thank you. Glad you liked.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I’m glad the dates were there because I was really lost trying to figure this out. A wrinkle in time maybe.
Tracey
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Dear Tracey,
A Wrinkle in Time was one of my favorite books. 😉 It was my first attempt at time travel. Thanks for stopping by.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Truly love through the ages! I guess that explains her sudden disappearance.
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Dear Ali,
I suppose so. 😉 Thank you for stopping by.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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seems more like reincarnation, great story
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Dear Arora,
The audience seems divided. I was thinking time travel myself. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I got goosebumps! That was really well delivered.
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Thank you, Pabsie. 😀
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When the conditions are right sometimes the past and present mingle as one…. Nice story!
Looking at the other comments, the problem with reincarnation is that he had a specific time that he had met her – he could point at his Naval records and such and show he was there at that time. To me it read more like the handful of time travel Romances I’ve seen or read, most recently Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris”.
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Dear Trent,
Actually I was thinking along the lines of “Somewhere in Time” with Jane Seymore and Christopher Reeves. 😉 Definitely time travel. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ah yes, I remember that movie.
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Now that is spooky! Your tale has weathered the years well.
My hair-raising tale
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Thank you, Keith. 😀
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Dear Charlotte Webinski,
Those darn sailors. I wonder how many other ports and time periods he had ghost girls in?
satirically yours,
Mel Hitchcock
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Dear Mel,
You know how those sailors are. 😉 Thank you for traveling by.
Shalom,
Charlotte Webinski
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Time travel! I love it. I think it’s challenging to do time travel in a 100 words–fun to read!
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Dear Emily,
This one was fun to write. Glad it worked for you. Thank you for taking the time to say so. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Love the “drop” in this….
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Thank you, Alicia. 😀
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Oh now how did that happen?!?
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Dear Joe,
Hard telling, not knowing. I just write what the voices tell me. Thanks for swinging by.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I like that. Sometimes I fail to listen and the story never comes out as well.
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I predict some time travel in his future.
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Perhaps, Alice. If he can find a way.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Reincarnation…spooky as well! Nicely done!
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Thank you, Sanch. 😀
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She slipped forward a century or he slid back? Either way, it seems their tryst bore fruit.
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Dear Liz,
My thinking is that he slid back…something to ponder. Indeed, it bore fruit. 😉
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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He wasn’t where he thought he was when he was with her. Very intriguing and romantic, a different kind of time travel story. Maybe he finds a way to go back for a while?
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Dear Gabriele,
I think if he can figure out how to get back to her and make up the lost time he will. 😉
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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nice article, good website..
welcome to my blog
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Thank you, Dishdessert.
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Ooooooooo very cool! I love this Rochelle… I want more. This is very clever
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Thank you, Laurie. What a lovely thing to say. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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A unique and intriguing interpretation of the prompt! You should write more time travel romance…when you’re done with your novel 😀
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Dear Jan,
Who knows? Not sure what direction I’ll take after this trilogy. 😉 Thank you for your encouraging words.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Brilliant. What a mystery. My mind’s going all over the place imagining what happens next.
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Dear Margaret,
I’m happy to read that my story fired your imagination. Perhaps this is one to lengthen and pursue. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
I am very much into this kind of enchanting tales. What happens next?
Best wishes
Helene
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Dear Helene,
I think what happens next is in the imagination of the reader. I haven’t really given the matter much thought. But maybe…;)
Thank you and Shalom,
Rochelle
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Nicely told Rochelle, the ending made me shiver!
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Dear RG,
Compliments don’t get much better than shivers. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Lovely, Rochelle. Time travel and love are both hard enough to compress into 100 words and you managed both, as well as a couple of decades of life story untold. This is what FF does best!
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Dear Jen,
Your words give me cause to smile. Thank you for such a lovely compliment.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I really liked this Rochelle. This is a genre I especially enjoy.
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Thank you, Dawn. This was fun to write as well. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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What a story, Rochelle! I was hanging on the edge of my seat. You knocked that one out of the park. 🙂
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Dear Amy,
This was a super nice comment to wake up to this morning. Thank you. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, clearly I’m very late… but, crazy weekend! I guessed reincarnation, but guessing the time travel was the intent? That was a bit confusing to me, but the overall mood and storytelling, beautiful as always!
Hope the editing and re-writes are coming along! All the best as you write. xox
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I just read this, Rochelle. I loved it! What a great little twist at the end!
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