Here’s my piece of flash:
Imaginary Characters
Brick fitted in the space well. It was narrow, like a cupboard to slot in, a place to be noticed. Brooke Trout sauntered past him. When she saw Brick her eyes opened wide. He smirked at her bemused expression. She didn’t notice but he followed her up the escalator. When she exited out of the toilet he was there angling for her.
‘Beggars can’t be choosers,’ she wasn’t much of a catch but she had a sense of humour. He valued that.
Brick smiled, ‘Babe join me? We can disappear together…
This flash is based on a true life experience. I was walking to work yesterday morning thinking about creating more diverse characters in my books and I spotted this intriguing young man of colour to my left standing rigid in a narrow gap in the wall of the shopping centre (see that gap, its tiny!) His eyes twinkled with mirth at my wide-eyed reaction.. I went up to the toilet and when I came out he was seated as if waiting for me. He grinned. It was a bit startling! It was like seeing a character I’d been thinking about come to life! I walked out of the shopping centre and turned round. But he was nowhere to be seen. Brick had disappeared!
And yes there is a male name Brick!
I’m not sure what I will do with Brick but it has made me think more about creating #diversecharacters which can only be a good thing. One of my characters in my WIP – the second book in my YA Fantasy series The Curse of Time Book 2 Golden Healer is a Rastafarian. I shall be doing some research…
To join in with Charli Mill’s flash fiction challenge follow the link:
https://carrotranch.com/2019/04/11/april-11-flash-fiction-challenge/
Isn’t that the most uncanny thing? Maybe I have magic powers to conjure up characters…
Bye for now,
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Interesting take
I loved this unusual story. xxx
Thank you Adele. 🙂
You’re welcome, sis. <3
I live your flash fiction story and your real life story too. I am intrigued with this new character of yours 💜 always loved the ideas of smiling strangers 💜
I am still puzzling over him. I took a photo of the narrow gap that he stood in and have now added it to the post. I’m not sure he was human! Lol. It’s tiny…
How strange , there are more things in heaven and earth 💜💜
The strangest things always happen to me!
Me too 💜💜
Yes indeed Marje, very narrow indeed 💜💜
Perhaps he was a Sprite or some other worldly creature. Whatever he was he was thin! Lol
Lol 💜
Ha! I enjoyed the tongue-in-cheek humor, but also laughed at the idea of an author walking about, mind on characters, and one appears. Life is full of surprises we can turn into a character or story. And, I had an Uncle Brick growing up.
Yes indeed Charli life is full of writing opportunities and unusual names for characters!