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Flash Fiction Foray 5 – American Pie

07 Apr 2015 3 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges Tags: American Pie, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Flash Fiction Foray

This time it’s The Book Blogger ‘s Flash Fiction Foray number 5! The song to use as inspiration was American Pie by Don Mclean.

Apple pie, tangy and sweet, with ice cream, even better with custard! A comforting, warming end to a wintery meal… Delicious!
Blueberry pie, each bite containing juicy bursts of flavour, drizzled with cream… Perfect!
Lemon meringue pie, my absolute favorite! Crispy yet gooey, tan and white peaks resting atop a beautifully tangy yellow sea of lemon with a buttery biscuit base…Heaven!
Steak and kidney pie… I’m sorry but kidney? No no for me!
Chicken pie, a savoury delight with chunks of chicken in gravy sauce, encased in melt-in-the-mouth short crust pastry…
So what’s an American Pie?????

Not quite fiction, but in my FFF style!!

California Dreaming – Flash Fiction Foray #4

02 Apr 2015 8 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, California Dreaming, Flash Fiction Foray

It’s time for my little dose of flash fiction, thanks to my friend The Book Blogger!

Check out the challenge here!

This week the song prompt is California Dreaming, by The Beach Boys…

Ooh, I’m sure I could have fun with this!

It’s a glorious day, the sun is blazing, I’ve got my rag top down, cruising the streets, en route to the beach. Off to meet my girls, for an afternoon of fun and frolics. It’ll be great! Drink in hand, chilling on the sand, watching the muscle heads exercise, the girls in their skimpy bikinis strutting their stuff.
But I miss what I’d be doing back home. There probably wouldn’t be sun, more like rain… No beach, but some shopping, watching the pennies draining from my purse…oh, and a cup of tea!
And I’m here, sitting in California… dreaming.

Ok, so it’s not as great as the others but forgive me, it’s the Easter holidays, the kids are driving me insane and it’s only day 1!!!

Tomorrow’s Just Another Day – Flash Fiction Foray #3

25 Mar 2015 12 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction Tags: Anticipation, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Flash Fiction Foray

It’s that time of week again, and I am so happy to promote this cool weekly event by a fellow newbie blogger The Book Blogger, check it all out here!

This weeks inspirational song is Madness – Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day)

It doesn’t matter that I’ve spent the last 5 months, gearing up to this moment. Perfecting my walk, my talk, my smile, my, well, everything really.
I’ve worked on the clothes, the shoes, the hair, the makeup, the look.
I know where I’ll be tomorrow, in the key spot, perfect for immediate eye contact. And I do so hope we’ll make that eye contact. Once he sees me, he’ll know, well, I hope he’ll know, that I’m the one. But then, what if he doesn’t look? All my efforts gone to pot…. After all, for him, tomorrow’s just another day…

I Am A Rock – Flash Fiction Foray Part 2

17 Mar 2015 9 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction, My Writing Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Bookblogger, Flash Fiction Foray, I Am A Rock

It’s that time of the week, and I am going for it! The Book Blogger’s Flash Fiction Foray, part 2!
This time we use Simon and Garfunkel’s “I Am A Rock”….

Sitting quietly, I thought no one would notice me. In the playground, on the bench by the trees. I didn’t want anyone to speak to me, so caught up in my thoughts, I was. Please don’t disturb me. I am not here. I am not me. No, I am not your teacher. Honestly, I’m not. I am a rock. All I need is a little moss, then it would be perfect. No one would touch me. Instead here they are, clambering over me, “Miss! Miss!” Please, just five minutes peace… But no, no peace for a teacher on playground duty…!

Flash Fiction Foray- Fly Me To The Moon

10 Mar 2015 10 Comments

by Ritu in Fiction Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction Foray, Short Story, writing

A relatively new blogger, The Book Blogger, has started a new fiction challenge with a tag, where you get a song title, and write flash fiction of about 100 words based around the song.
This week, Frank Sinatra’s ‘Fly Me To The Moon’… Here is my Flash Fiction Foray!

‘Fly Me To The Moon’ the sign said, hanging around the strange creature’s neck…
‘I want to go back home’, it continued.
So, this was what they looked like, the men on the moon. Kind of hairy for my liking, but he had good handwriting!
I tossed a few coins into his bowl… I don’t know how far it would get him, but hey maybe, once he got there, he’d remember the stranger who helped him a part of the way home, and send a spaceship for me to come visit.
Who knows, while I’m there, I might get to see what spring is like on Jupiter or Mars!