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FFF #27 – Young& Beautiful

05 Jan 2016 55 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, fff, Lana Del Ray, the book blogger, Young and Beautiful

Flash fiction challenge time is upon me again from Matt The Book Blogger. I have loved this challenge since it started!

To think I never knew what flash fiction was until trying this challenge?!

Well Matt chooses a song each week, and then the challenge is to use the song as inspiration for a Flash Fiction piece no more than 100 words.

Check out this week’s challenge here.

The song this week is ‘Young & Beautiful’ by Lana Del Ray

I thought I would stick to the romance track I was on last week, but from a different time in life…

She doesn’t know I am watching her, as she slowly undresses, slips on her cotton nightgown, and cleanses her face, then dots on that cold cream that she has used for aeons.

Eyes still as bright as the day I met her and fell in love, what are a few wrinkles around them eh?

She turns and notices me looking and gives me that precious smile that melts my heart each time I see it.

She comes to bed, gets in between the covers. I squeeze her hand.

Happy birthday my love, 73 years young, and still beautiful in my eyes.

Ritu 2015

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Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge # 78 – Vast & Clear

04 Jan 2016 30 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Haiku, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge, Vast & Clear

Check out Ronovan’s challenge for this week here.
The prompt words are Vast & Clear

spirit-mind

A vast expanse as

I clear the thoughts in my brain…

Positivity

Read as

A vast expanse as I clear the thoughts in my brain…

I clear the thoughts in my brain… positivity.

Friday Fiction With Ronovan Writes # 7 – Humour

04 Jan 2016 12 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Flash Fiction, Friday Fiction with Ronovan Writes, Humour

This Friday, Ronovan gave a challenge to write some humour!
Check it out here.

PROMPT
1) Try to write a humor piece.
2) No word count limit.
3) Pick at least three of the following words to include: dog, cat, toy, fever, ski, fluffy, machete, purple drink

Stag Don’t!

Aw man my head! What was in that stuff we drank last night?

All I remember is a huge glass, well, more like a fishbowl actually, full of this sickly sweet liquid. A purple drink, a totally girly drink, and all the lads chanting “Drink it! Drink it!”

What could I do? I had to finish it, it was a matter of pride.

I gingerly opened an eye and saw the toy dog in the corner of the room…What on earth was that there for? Wrapped around my neck was pink fluffy feather boa, and in my hand was a large plastic machete…

Then I groaned…

Memories slowly cleared from the hangover haze, as I recalled the dare…

Oh God!!!!!

I knew I should never have agreed to allow Dean to get involved in the organisation of my Stag do!

One Day Like This – FFF#26

30 Dec 2015 24 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction Tags: Blog, Elbow, fff, One Day Like This, the book blogger

Tuesday, and another prompt song from Matt the Book Blogger!

Check his flash fiction prompt out here.

The song this week, is one I hadn’t heard before – ‘One Day Like This’ by Elbow.

The sun shone brilliantly.

I looked out across at the view that greeted me… crystal blue waters that seemed to stretch for miles, golden sand, soft as anything I’d ever felt under my feet.

And just there, stood by the floral arch, looking gorgeous in his white linen suit, was my soon-to-be husband.

Family and a few friends, just those that mattered, sat, waiting patiently for me.

It was time to take those steps… to finally say “I do” in the most idyllic setting I could have ever imagined…

Just one day like this in a lifetime… enough for anyone.

I hope you enjoyed it!