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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!

Neon Music Sign

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…

FFF #32 – Still In Love With You

10 May 2016 11 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Electro Velvet, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction Foray, Still in Love With You, the book blogger

Oh I do love this challenge! So glad to have you back Matt!

Neon Music Sign

This week’s edition will be on (drumroll please)… the wacky, brilliant, Still in Love with You from Electro Velvet. Feel free to base responses of anything to do with the song, I always enjoy any different takes! 100 words please!

She waved goodbye to the last few punters, blowing a kiss to them, as they slurred how much they loved her. It was always the same. Susie just had that personality. Flirtatious. And it was a money spinner in this trade. She always managed to sell a few more drinks. Her cleavage was something of an attraction to the local lads.

Tim stood in the doorway that led up to their flat above the pub that they ran. “Oh don’t look at me like that babe! You know I’m still in love with you! It’s just a little friendly banter!”

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!