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. 😉

Friday Fictioneers: the dress

May 29, 201364 Comments

My entry for Friday Fictioneers, the week of 31-may-2013

THE CHALLENGE:

Write a one hundred word story that has a beginning, middle and end. (No one will be ostracized for going over or under the word count.)

THE KEY:

Make every word count.

TITLE: The Dress

Copyright – Janet Webb

Dina liked the dress the moment she saw it. The color, the miles of tulle in the skirt, in a word, perfect!

Pushing the dress deep into the tub, she held it under the water until all the air was released, and it had quit bubbling. Then she left it to soak for a bit.

Returning later, she removed it from the tub, drained out the water, and refilled it with fresh for a rinse. Gently she removed the dress, placed it onto a hangar and hung it outside to dry.

Now, what to do with the body? she thought.

~*~*~*~

Thank you Rochelle for another great prompt!

the twins

May 15, 2013May 15, 201310 Comments

100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups: Click the icon below to be magically transported to the rules and Julia’s site…

(Fixed the link, Sorry!)

Photo Credit: Marianne Whooley at Maris World

The Twins

a play in one act

Act I: Scene I

NARRATOR:

The twins were rotten. What one didn’t think of the other one did.   Of late their favorite activity was pulling pranks on little kids in the neighborhood.

Today, however, they were investigating a rumor they’d heard, about some mystery beast out by the pond. Several people claimed that it was eating small animals about town, and peeking into windows at night, and that they absolutely wanted to see!

Standing silently they survey the water.

TWIN I:     What’s that?

TWIN II:   Nuthin’ scardy cat!

TWIN I:     Something touched my leg!

TWIN II: Yeah, right.