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FFF #35 – Knights Of Cydonia

31 May 2016 30 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, fff, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction Foray, Knights of Cydonia, Muse

Tuesday means Matt has been busy finding a prompt for us…

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This week, a song I have never heard before, and not really many lyrics…

Knights of Cydonia by Muse

I don’t know why, but I ended up channelling the Toy Story Characters today!

Cydonia Mission

“Ok team, are we ready?” Captain Buzz addressed his passengers. “We reach the area of Cydonia in approximately 20 minutes. On landing, we need to be constantly aware of our surroundings. After all, we have no idea whether there is life here or not…but the Face of Mars is a sight to behold!”

Woody’s grip tightened on Bo’s hand. He was nervous beyond belief but had promised his best buddy Buzz that he would support him on this virgin mission to see whether that face was actually an illusion, or the tribute to Jessie that he thought he had built…

FFF 34 – Yesterday Once More

24 May 2016 21 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction Tags: Age, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, fff, Flash Fiction Foray, Memories, the book blogger, The Carpenters, Yesterday Once More

Tuesday is Flash Fiction Foray by Matt The Book Blogger!

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Today’s prompt song…

Yesterday Once More – The Carpenters

Feel free to base responses of anything to do with the song, I always enjoy any different takes! 100 words! Make em count!

And my entry…

Looking at all those happy faces in the photos, Edith smiled to herself.

Vera, Rose, Lizzy, Isabel and her.

That was her favourite snap, the five of them on the promenade in Brighton.

A day trip away from the confines of the city. They were so happy, ice creams in hands, holding onto hats that were threatening to be blown away by the sea breeze…

She closed her moistening eyes.

That was 65 years ago.

She was the only one left.

No amount of wishes would bring her friends back, but she couldn’t help wishing it was yesterday once more…

Flash Fiction Foray #33 ‘Sh-Boom’

17 May 2016 20 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction, My Writing, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, fff, Flash Fiction Foray, Frankie & Benny's, Sh Boom, The Crew Cuts

I love Matt’s prompt this week! It’s a song I can croon along to!

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The The Crew Cuts’ Sh-Boom.

I have definitely used a little creative licence here, there is no truth to this at all… Well, I don’t know, but it’s just how the story turned out!

“Life could be a dream, sweetheart,” Benny said, “you just gotta trust me.”

Frankie looked over the figures in front of her and glanced at him. He had his heart set on this. But it meant their savings being ploughed into something she wasn’t sure of.

He was a good cook, yeah, and she could be the hostess with the mostess, but was he really good? And could she entertain a room fulla folks?

Only time would tell…

Six months later, they unveiled Frankie & Benny’s.

Years later she thought back to that day. Thank God she had trusted him…

FFF31 – Monster

03 May 2016 23 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, fff, Flash Fiction Foray, Monster

After a loooong time, Matt The Book Blogger is back with his weekly Flas Fiction Foray musical prompts for a 100 word flash fiction piece.

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The song is Inner Dragon’s Monster, not a song I had heard before…

Looking at the back of my hands, covered in coarse hair, I felt my blood boil.

What did I do to deserve this?

I curse the family into which I was born, where we all were suffering the same affliction. We were always told to stick together, because no one would understand…

Every month, as the full moon came out, my transformation began. I had to hide. No one could know my secret.

It had put a stop to any possible relationships, after all which guy in their right mind would be able to cope with dating a monster like me?

FFF #30 – Jealous

27 Jan 2016 25 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction Tags: 100 words, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, fff, Flash Fiction, Jealous, Labyrinth

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Tuesday was prompt day from Matt The Book Blogger, and I was a little tied up to manage to post straight away last night, so here is my attempt this week!

Check out the prompt here.

This week the prompt song is Labyrinth’s Jealous.

I sat here listening to the words… really listening. What a song! I know it’s a sad one, but I loved it!

Jealous

Sitting here watching you smiling…

Happy…

Happier than you ever were with me.

Why couldn’t I give you that happiness?

Still, I can’t moan, I can’t hold it against you.

But I still feel it… jealousy.

There. I said it.

Jealous.

I never realised that all you wanted was that extra affection.

I regret all those times I shrugged your arm off my shoulders, or refused to hold your hand in public.

It was never that I was ashamed. I just felt trapped, almost.

Does that make sense?

And that trap, of my own making, lost you.

I miss you…