WELCOME TO FRIDAY FICTIONEERS
As always, writers are encouraged to be as innovative as possible with the prompt and 100 word constraints.
Henry David Thoreau said it best.
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
THE CHALLENGE:
Write a one hundred word story that has a beginning, middle and end. (No one will be ostracized for going a few words over the count.)
THE KEY:
Make every word count.
THE RULES:
- Copy your URL to the Linkz collection. You’ll find the tab following the photo prompt. It’s the little white box to the left with the blue froggy guy. Click on it and follow directions. This is the best way to get the most reads and comments.
- MAKE SURE YOUR LINK IS SPECIFIC TO YOUR FLASH.
- While our name implies “fiction only” it’s perfectly Kosher to write a non-fiction piece as long as it meets the challenge of being a complete story in 100 words.
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- ***PLEASE MAKE NOTE IN YOUR BLOG IF YOU PREFER NOT TO RECEIVE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.***
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- Shalom,
Rochelle
Genre: Literary Fiction
Word Count: 100
CHARON’S FIRST MATE
Dawn broke over the estuary. Marion watched her husband launch his fishing boat and head out to sea.
She drank in his image, every beloved line and crease. The sunlight reflected off the water and limned his white hair. He waved and smiled.
In the weeks following, detectives interrogated her.
“He left? Just like that?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“To spare me his suffering.”
“Admit it. You murdered him for the insurance.”
“And you got your badge from a Cracker Jack box.”
They never found his body.
Marion walks along the beach. Sunlight reflects off a white seagull. She smiles and waves.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(mythology)
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THREE MAJOR HOLIDAYS THIS THURSDAY, THE 28TH!
CHANUKAH
It’s the perfect time to say I am thankful for Friday Fictioneers. All of you have a special place in my heart.
and…(drumroll)
MY ANNIVERSARY!
42 years married to Jan Wayne Fields