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Friday Fictioneers ~ March 8

Posted on by JackieP

Time once again for that flash fiction challenge known world-wide as Friday Fictioneers! Hosted by the talented and wise Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, who guides us with gentle hands and words.

Come one! Come all! Join us in the merriment and writing fun that is Friday Fictioneers! Just click above on Rochelle’s name and be swept away to where the rules and links to other stories await you!

 

THE CHALLENGE:

Write a one hundred word story that has a beginning, middle and end. (No one will be ostracized for going over or under the word count.)

THE KEY:

Make every word count.

This weeks delightful picture!

copyright – Jennifer Pendergast
copyright – Jennifer Pendergast

 

Genre/Adventure (105 words)

 

“Come on Jen! We need to keep climbing!”

“I can’t Mike. There’s too many steps,  I just can’t do it!”

“I won’t let you give up! Now get your ass moving!”  Grabbing Jen,  Mike pulled her up the stairs. The loud clumping of boots  below  pushed them even faster.

Upward they went. Breathing hard, hearts pounding.  Reaching the top they ran to the railing, the trees were tiny from such a distance. Climbing up,  they held hands and jumped as the boots behind them reached the last step.

The soldiers looked over the railing and saw the parachutes as they gracefully dropped them to safety.

Author:

I enjoy reading, writing, and painting. I love animals and at present have one dog (Sam) and 2 cats (brother and sister, Notwen and Pouncer). I've lived in various places in the USA and now in Canada. I've always enjoyed watching life and people and have developed an appreciation for it all. My outlook is sometimes out of the normal.... but that's what makes things so interesting! I am always interested in the opinions of others. Everyone has their own outlook and it's always worthwhile to listen! http://tobreatheistowrite.com

58 thoughts on “Friday Fictioneers ~ March 8”

    1. from the military of a foreign country because they stole something from them. ….lol…how’s that for making it up on the fly?

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  9. For some reason, I knew they were going to jump, but knowing you the way I do, I thought they would just jump. So happy to read they had parachutes. 🙂 Very good, Jackie.

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    1. Well I did at first think of them just jumping. But then I thought that would be too final! ha. Thanks Maddie! 🙂

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  10. It was nice not to have them jumping to their deaths and have the surprise be on the soldiers. Hopefully they’ll get away from any other soldiers, too.

    janet

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  15. JACKIE PPPPPP…..

    Good fun here. Liked the hurried rush up followed by the floating down…Nice movement in this piece. An enjoyable 100 word adventure.
    Tom

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    1. Tom PPPP thanks for reading. I wanted something more adventurous this week. Glad you liked it!

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  27. Ah, base jumping. A good way to get away, although parachutes are rather trackable! There are a lot of people escaping up these stairs, I’m glad yours had an exit plan for when they reached the top

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