FLASH FICTION WEEK 2

I'm making Christmas cookies this weekend with my family. It's something we do every year. So I thought what better theme for this week than Holiday Traditions.  Go nuts with it.  Is there a conflict over the cookie batter? Did Aunt Suzie steal Aunt Minnies boyfriend in highschool?  Why is Grandma's hair always purple?

200 words, make it happen, have fun, and don't forget to come back here and link to your post! 

FLASH FICTION FRIDAY. DEC 6TH

Rain pelted the flimsy umbrella.  She stood alone beside the train tracks, allowing the mist to splash her face as she waited. Waited for the ending to change. Waited for him to return to her side and fulfill his promise.  She wanted nothing more to do with the life beneath the stairs of the Lords and Ladies of the Ton. She wanted his loving arms to keep her warm at night. She wanted his passionate kisses to feed her hunger.   

She stared down the tracks.  Although the train turned into memory, his betrayal remained fresh.  She had stood stupidly as he walked from her, with his sole ticket towards the train. She made no move to stop him, to derail her nightmare. He made no attempt to look for her through the window of his car as he took his seat. She watched. She hurt. She let the rain slap at her as the train pulled away.  Her dreams, its cargo.

The rain fell harder.  The man behind the ticket counter called to her, she ignored him.  She inhaled slowly.  His Lorship will be expecting his tea. She turned from the platform and made her way back down the streets of London. Back to her room beneath the luxury and happiness. She folded her umbrella and let the rain wash over her as she made her way home.

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Please be sure to post your entry below in the link collector so we can all find you and enjoy your work. 


Here's an entry for this week.  I'm linking her entry here. 

Flash Fiction Week 1

Everyone suffers through writers block now and again. The urge to write and the wall preventing me sometimes is so frustrating I want to pull my hair out...not literally...I like my hair, but you get what I mean. So I've decided to start up this little practice session for myself and anyone who'd like to join me every week.

I'll do my best to post a picture or a topic with the "rules" for the week. I'm going to post my entry Friday morning.  If you'd like to play along, just leave a comment on the post with the picture for the week letting others know where to find you.


So on with this week!  The picture above is your prompt, your muse,  a fiend, however you want to view it.  Write a short blurb, story, poem, thought, whatever gets that hamster wheel spinning using 251 words.

I'm leaving it pretty open this week, hopefully once we have a few of us playing each week I'll add some challenges and restrictions. This week please have fun and join in, and don't forget to leave a trail so we can find you.    If you don't have a blog of your own but want to participate, no problem! Just email me and I'll be happy to post your entry for you right here.

So...why are you still reading here....go....write...something!