June 20, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about having to wait. Who is waiting and what for? Think about how the wait impacts the character or the story. Go where the prompt leads!
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The idea for this piece of flash came about from job shares. Imagine if the person who you were job sharing with was a murderer… What a thought!
My flash:
Only two more hours, she joked as she left. I smiled. I knew I would say the same to her after two days’ time. The weekend is teasing me, waiting with a glass of wine. At two minutes past five I open her drawer to eat the snack she left me. It kills me to admit it but it tastes good. She’d said it was foul but lied. One more bite.
Shame that death arrived before the weekend. She didn’t need to poison me—we were both on the same prolonged career path.
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Whoa, I didn’t see that one coming. Good mini-story!
Thank you Priscilla. 🙂
Very grim, but left me wondering why?
Next time I better write something cheery! Lol.
Ha! I love the path where a good “what if” takes a writer. You crafted a good one full of dark humor, Marje!
I tend to drift towards dark humour Charli! Lol. 🙂