These are my submissions for Friday Fictioneers that is hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields.
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Below is the picture prompt for this week and below that is my story.
Picture copyright Claire Fuller
Busted
Genre: Paranormal
Picture copyright Claire Fuller
Friday January 13 2012
Jane asked “Who moved this statue?”
“Not me, mum!” said Jill. “I’m off to school. See ya!”
“You mean the statue whose head you say is aging?” said John “I didn’t move it”
“Don’t be sarcastic.”
April 13
“I’m sure this wasn’t here yesterday.”
Jill looked at her mother and refrained from rolling her eyes.
John, looking over the newspaper, gave his wife a look.
“Don’t even say a word!” she said.
July 13th before dawn
Jane opened her eyes and found the statue next to her bed.
The now much older statue suddenly grinned.
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99 words
You can read pieces by other participants here.
Below is the picture prompt for 25th Jan and below that is my story.
Picture copyright Renee Heath
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Black Spot
Genre: General Fiction
Picture copyright Renee Heath
Why don’t we ever sit under that coconut tree?
My grandfather fell silent, then said:
Like many fathers, I had great hopes and dreams for our first child. I myself still had dreams of traveling the seas. One day, your grandma asked me to look after our son as she went to the market. I carried him to the beach and we lay under that tree.
The sound of a passing ship brought me to my feet. I gazed at the kind of ship I hoped to sail with one day.
The wind blew, a coconut fell, my dreams died.
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100 words
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Last week at the time I think the prompt from our Great Leader went live, I was in the labour ward delighted at the safe delivery of our son Giovanni. You can read about him on my new blog http://theGioChronicles.wordpress.com (Link opens in new window/tab).
About Friday Fictioneers
Friday Fictioneers is a group that works as follows:
Every week you get a picture.
Prompted by that picture, you write a piece of fiction that is 100 words long (or as close as you can get).
You add a link to your story on the Fictioneers page, and read the (awesome) stories by the other Friday Fictioneers.
Feel free to join us! Everyone is welcome.
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