Friday Fictioneers: spinner!

August 9, 2013August 9, 201341 Comments

Usually I don’t write for Friday Fictioneers unless I have a storyline that pops into my head right away. This week I have challenged myself to come up with something to tell you about this photograph! As always, thanks goes out to Rochelle for encouraging us, and a special thank you to Renee Heath for the use of her photograph.

I hope my story works for you. 😉

~~ Spinner! ~~

He tried to pretend that she wasn’t there, but to ignore her was futile. Loud, hyperactive, ever-present, she was the visual embodiment of hyperbole. An extravagant exaggeration of annoying adoration. He couldn’t wait for graduation so he could move on and attend college. Anywhere. Anywhere but here!

He had it mapped. Med School, internship, a practice on the West Coast, then wife and family.

~*~

Home for his 15th reunion, he stopped at the entry table, then froze. Too late.

Quietly she approached him, “You came back.”

Taken by her calm demeanor he blurted, “Carrie, you’ve changed!”

“Ritalin” she replied.

Words: 100

For more stories from this prompt go here! 🙂

NOTE: I was asked what Ritalin is for/what it does.

Methylphenidate (Ritalin) is a prescription drug that treats attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy (sudden attacks of uncontrollable sleepiness [Which was not Carrie’s problem]). This medicine is a stimulant, which seems a non sequitur when you consider how it is used, but in individuals with true ADHD it has a calming effect on them.

Strange, but true!

Friday Fictioneers: for immediate release

July 31, 201344 Comments

Once again I have been bitten by the 100 word flash fiction bug and Rochelle’s picture prompt for the Friday Fictioneers entry on August 3rd. It gets a little bit easier each time I try! Thanks, Rochelle!

A special “Thank you” to Jennifer Pendergast for the use of her photograph!

**~*~**

The bees, having become tired of the chemical assault that was destroying their colonies, began in secret to produce a Super Queen.

*MEMO

As you are aware, work on the Eximius Reginam (ER-1) prototype has been a success. The ER-1 has been found impervious to any chemical assault known to man. Working in secret she has produced an army of warrior class bees capable of being sprayed and still functioning. The warriors are trained eaters of the agricultural machinery that have been poisoning earth and killing our working class bees worldwide…

~*~*~*~

The bees are finding it hard to sleep tonight.

**~*~**

Words: 100

*Excerpted from an Apis Memo dated 7/31/2013

**~*~**

NOTE: As a child I was an avid fan of the 1950s genre known as:

the B-Movies

😉

Friday Fictioneers: heavenward

July 25, 201345 Comments

Once again I bring you exactly 100 words for the Friday Fictioneers weekly prompt. I really pushed myself to find something to say about this cloud picture, which is odd for me since I love clouds so much.

Thank you Rochelle!

When she awoke she was surprised to find that she had wings. Pure white, strong, yet smooth to run your hands over. She looked around the house one last time. She wanted to remember everything she had loved about the place.

They’d had a great life together. Looking at his tired, careworn face she leaned in for one last kiss, and whispered, “I’ll always love you.”

As she rose higher, she forgot the cares of her earthbound life, and gazing out over the clouds she tried to remember something important.

“It doesn’t matter.” she said, and smiling she soared upward.

Words: 100

Friday Fictioneers: the curious incident of the bicycle in the woods

July 17, 2013July 18, 201349 Comments

Friday Fictioneers 7/19/2013

Writing a short piece in only 100 words is always challenging, and although no one minds that you go over or under by a word or two, I find that I do.

So thank you Rochelle for pushing us each week to crank up our creativity and get something written. I enjoy the challenge, and even though I can’t always get a story to come out of the prompts, I nevertheless enjoy everyone else’s contributions!

This weeks challenge photo is from Anelephantcant

Maren leaned her bicycle against the tree in front of the police station. Earlier, she’d found a rusted, two-wheeler almost completely swallowed by a large tree. Her imagination in overdrive, she’d wondered how the child’s bike got so far into the woods, how many years had it been there, and what had happened to the poor child? Imagining foul play she went inside to make a report.

Thirty years previous…

Eric propped the bike against the tree, wondering, “How long will it take for the tree to swallow it?

Then, as children often do, he forgot about his experiment.

Story: exactly 100 words

Additional inspiration sparked from this photograph. 😉