For my regular readers I want to apologize for not getting the continuing story “On The Run” posted on Tuesday as promised. I’ve had a paying job come up and it’s deadline is the 25th so I’ve been busy with that plus other personal stuff.
I will get it done and it will be posted this Tuesday, Oct 22! So hang in there, Amber and crew are coming back. For those of you who haven’t read it yet you can click on the title above and it will take you to the latest installment. Thank you all for being so patient with me.
Now on to Friday Fictioneers for this week!
THE CHALLENGE:
Write a one hundred word story that has a beginning, middle and an end. (No one will be ostracized for going a few words over the count.)
THE KEY:
Make every word count.
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is our hostess for this writing endeavor. Please click on her name to read the few rules we try to follow. Or if you just want to read some fantastic stories based on the same picture, click on her name, scroll down till you meet the little blue fella and then click on him. Enjoy!
Genre: Literary fiction (100 words)
The only sound was the soft whooshing of water lapping at rubber wheels.
Those carts were the only thing left standing. The building that they belonged to was gone. Vanished in the great flood. Like it had never been.
Soldiers standing in defiance of Mother Nature. Empty baskets waiting to be filled, but never will again.
Everything gone, washed away, but those sentinels of metal. They are the only thing left to mark the spot of a town, life, people, gone now.
Echoes of laughter suddenly heard upon soft wind, drowned in the cold water not to be again.
The Last Chapter 
hello Jackie, a lovely reflective piece on the aftermath of disaster and you convey the sense of loss so well. Enjoyed this story, well done.
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Thank you so much for your kind words. Appreciate you reading.
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Loved “Sentinels of metal” great use of language 🙂
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Thank you Helen. Coming from you I deem it a great compliment 🙂
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Mother Nature topples all. I, too, liked the “Sentinels of metal.” Well done, Jackie!
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Thank you Amy! Mother Nature is boss. Thank you so much for reading. 🙂
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Well done! It’s very spooky…I’m intrigued by the ending…so many possible meanings.
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Thank you tiny! 🙂
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Very atmospheric. Nice work.
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Thank you Sandra.
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Dear Jackie,
I’d hope n the case of such a disaster that more than shopping carts would survive. Well done in the ambiance department.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I hope so too, but for this place. Nope. Sorry. Thanks for reading Rochelle.
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A fitting story for this time a year. Mother nature can be brutal. Good story Jackie.
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Thank you Kim, yeah Mother Nature is a tough lady.
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Too many floods like that of late. I’m disappointed that you let earning a living and personal things get in the way of your blog! Gosh! What does that say about you? 🙂
Hope your weekend’s wonderful.
janet
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I’m just a totally selfish being. haha! Thanks for the laugh janet and thanks for reading. 🙂
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I don’t even want to imagine.
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Me either but it seems I had to go there. Thanks for reading, Dawn.
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Well you have to go where the prompt takes you.
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Dear Jackie,
I am going to build my next house out of shopping carts. Thank you for the tip.
Aloha,
Doug
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Dear Doug,
Wise choice. I’ll be next door in my cart house.
Jackie
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Really well done, Jackie. Poetic and haunting.
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Thank you so much
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PS) did you do the graphic picture at the top, of the dog? It’s wonderful! Reminds me of the work done on The Middlest Sister
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It is actually from the Middlest Sister, she did it especially for me after I won it in a contest. Itsn’t it great? There is another one by her that shows every now and then.
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Love it, and love her blog… what a cooool prize! I was sure it was her work. Coolio, Jackie!
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It was pretty cool. She made the dog look like mine. His name is Sam and he’s my writing buddy. 🙂 I love her blog too. She has talent for sure.
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Hmm, well written, very descriptive, but just not very funny!
Sorry, no marks for humour.
But top marks for depressing!
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I have always said I can’t do funny. This proves it, right? Sorry, I do depressing rather well. 😉
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