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FFF #29 – Death Of A Bachelor

19 Jan 2016 30 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Death of a Batchelor, fff, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction Foray, Panic! At The Disco

Matt has set us another interesting song prompt for this week’s Flash Fiction Foray (FFF). The song ‘Death of a Bachelor’ by Panic! At The Disco. Check out the prompt here.

Death Of A Bachelor

It suddenly hit me, the other day.

I’d been single for a heck of a long time, and then I met Priya.

We hit it off immediately, and carried away on the waves of passion, it wasn’t long before we ended up promising ourselves to each other, forever.

So next week, we were finally taking the plunge, and I was giving it all up: the nights out with the lads, eating whatever I wanted, having the whole bed to myself, no answering to anyone…

The death of a bachelor…

Yet I was glad…

It heralded the birth of a husband.

Hope you enjoyed it!

FFF #28 – Can’t Help Falling In Love (With You)

12 Jan 2016 38 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Can't Help Falling In Love, fff, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction Foray, the book blogger

Tuesday, and time for me to hit the Flash Fiction Challenge by Matt The Book Blogger! Check out the original challenge here.

This time our prompt song is Can’t Help Falling In Love – by Haley Reinhart. A beautiful song, but I love the rendition by UB40! Fellow Brummies, after all!

And so it goes… (not a romantic piece this week, though I love this song so much and it should conjour up romance… but a little twist!)

Womanly Wiles

Oh I know how it works. Got it down to a fine art now.

That gentle sway of the hips, the coy stare, that fleeting smile.

It doesn’t take much.

A few fawning words, flattery… I have them eating out of my hand within no time.

They just can’t help falling in love with me…

They want to protect me, to spoil me.

I’m not going to stop them, it’s a pretty good set up I have.

All my needs get catered for, material and sexual.

Emotional? I don’t have a heart, feelings mean nothing to me.

Men.

Stupid creatures.

Ritu 2016

Hope you enjoyed it!

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

Hope you enjoy Peeps, all feedback much appreciated!

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!

A Bridge Over You – FFF 25

22 Dec 2015 50 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: A Bridge Over You, Blog, Blogging, fff, NHS, the book blogger

It is Tuesday evening which means Flash Fiction Foray Time with Matt the Book Blogger!

Check out his prompt post here.

The song this week, ‘A Bridge Over You’ by The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir, released this Christmas, hoping to get to the Christmas #1 spot!

“There you go Mrs Smith, all nice and clean now! Sorry, what was that? Oh yes, I know, I hope your son will get over here this Christmas too. I’ll be here with you as well, don’t you worry. Oh, I can hear another bell, excuse me…

Yes, Mrs Jones, what can I…? Oh, yes I see, let me just adjust your pillow. I know it’s not the same as home, but I’ll try and make you as comfortable as I can… Sorry…”

Bell after bell…. Only one of her and sixteen demanding patients… Thank God she loved her job!

A tribute to our hard working nursing staff.