Pulling Him In: Campaign Flash Fiction Challenge
Time for the First Campaignchallenge!
The rules from RachaelHarrie's Writers' Platform-Building Campaign blog:
Write a short story/ flash fiction story in 200 words or less, excludingthe title. It can be in any format, including a poem. Begin the story with thewords, "Shadows crept across the wall". These five words will be included inthe word count.
If you want to give yourself an added challenge (optional), do oneor more of these (I did all three, yeah me!):· end the story with the words: "everything faded." (alsoincluded in the word count)
· include the word "orange" in the story
· write in the same genre you normally write (women's fiction for me!)
· make your story 200 words exactly!
Pulling Him In
Shadows crept across thewall, projections of an uninvited visitor. She knew he was there, inchingcloser to his desired place. Every day, she fought to keep this one corner ofher world private and make sure she didn't get lost in all his needs. But sheunderstood the desire for comfort and security.
"You shouldn't be here. We'vetalked about this."
No answer and no retreat.
Every woman in her lifeoffered advice, convinced they knew the best way to make him a better man.Should she listen to them or trust her heart? Too often it had led her astray. Theman before abandoned her. He was always seeking something else, someone else, andwas never the man she needed him to be.
The visitor waited, patientand determined. He looked at her. With no words, he said all she needed tohear. The boy standing there couldn't be blamed for the men who came before.She owed him that much.
Her heart won. She pulledback the covers, and her sweet son cuddled close. The smell of hisorange-scented shampoo and the sweet sounds of his snoring lulled her into amuch needed sleep, and everything faded.
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If you enjoyed my story, please vote for me (#169) here. And take some time to read some other wonderful flash fiction pieces.
The rules from RachaelHarrie's Writers' Platform-Building Campaign blog:
Write a short story/ flash fiction story in 200 words or less, excludingthe title. It can be in any format, including a poem. Begin the story with thewords, "Shadows crept across the wall". These five words will be included inthe word count.
If you want to give yourself an added challenge (optional), do oneor more of these (I did all three, yeah me!):· end the story with the words: "everything faded." (alsoincluded in the word count)
· include the word "orange" in the story
· write in the same genre you normally write (women's fiction for me!)
· make your story 200 words exactly!
Pulling Him In
Shadows crept across thewall, projections of an uninvited visitor. She knew he was there, inchingcloser to his desired place. Every day, she fought to keep this one corner ofher world private and make sure she didn't get lost in all his needs. But sheunderstood the desire for comfort and security.
"You shouldn't be here. We'vetalked about this."
No answer and no retreat.
Every woman in her lifeoffered advice, convinced they knew the best way to make him a better man.Should she listen to them or trust her heart? Too often it had led her astray. Theman before abandoned her. He was always seeking something else, someone else, andwas never the man she needed him to be.
The visitor waited, patientand determined. He looked at her. With no words, he said all she needed tohear. The boy standing there couldn't be blamed for the men who came before.She owed him that much.Her heart won. She pulledback the covers, and her sweet son cuddled close. The smell of hisorange-scented shampoo and the sweet sounds of his snoring lulled her into amuch needed sleep, and everything faded.
*****
If you enjoyed my story, please vote for me (#169) here. And take some time to read some other wonderful flash fiction pieces.
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