Friday Fictioneers: *het ptse

October 11, 2013October 15, 201337 Comments

By now you know the rules, and if not, please do visit Rochelle at Addicted to Purple HERE. A special thanks to Sandra Crook for the use of her photograph today!

Het Ptse

Shivering she got up and looked around. She was ravenous, and she wasn’t alone.

The man there with her seemed as bewildered as she felt. Looking about, she could see no others, yet sensed that they were being watched. To what purpose?

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“Hey!”

Startled, the man quickly turned. “When did you get here?”

“I was about to ask you the same.” she chuckled.

“I can’t remember.”

“Mm. Same here.” She was salivating.

“You hungry too? Shall we fi …”

“STARVING! “ she roared, and ate him.

******

Looking into the habitat, Echerthwat mumbles, “Ti wlaays ercesp em tuo ehnw hse soed ttha.”

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*Anagram challenged? Email me here (farmlet(at)att(dot)net) 😉

NOTICE: I’ve never done anagrams before, but needed a way to mimic an unknown language without offending any other language speaker. 😉 I also needed it to be fairly easy for my readers to translate and gain the meaning from that last sentence. Unfortunately, due to the nature of my story set up, I think the name of the last character “GartfAAnale” was throwing everyone off, so I changed it. 😯

WORDS: 100

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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

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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!

Creative Writing: the elopement

May 8, 2013May 8, 201370 Comments

I haven’t been writing much lately. Too busy shopping for Farmlets, packing and sorting. Then I found the photo below in my mail box. It’s from Rochelle Wisoff-Fields at Addicted to Purple.

FRIDAY FICTIONEERS

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.

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For the Friday, May 10th deadline, I offer you,

The Elopement

Arriving with her little suitcase she sat in the bar against the wall. She preferred this seat because it afforded her the best vantage for surveying the room. From here she could see the length of the room from the front window to the back entrance. Ordering herself a drink for the evening she expectantly watched and waited till closing.

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All the regulars knew this was Juliette’s seat and they made sure it was always waiting for her by telling her story:

“Yeah! Her boyfriend tells her, ‘Meet me at 6:00 and we’ll elope.’ That was over twenty years ago…”

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