Charli’s flash fiction challenge this week:
February 13, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that includes a sugar report. Use its original meaning of a letter from a sweetheart to a soldier, or invent a new use for it. Go where the prompt leads!
Respond by February 18, 2020. Use the comment section below to share, read, and be social. You may leave a link, pingback, or story in the comments. If you want to be published in the weekly collection, please use the form. Rules & Guidelines.
So I decided to invent a sugar letter for a prisoner who had taken the rap for his lover…
I’m missing you so much; the days are endless without you. Yesterday, I placed some flowers on Richard’s grave. The cold and I stood shivering by his gravestone. No one was around so I confessed everything. By the time I’d finished, it was getting dark and the tombstones were getting darker.
I feel so guilty with you in prison. Passion drove us to his mess. I wish I’d stuck with Richard’s humdrum, instead of going for your sugar kisses. But, I’d murder again for one sweet kiss.
February 13: Flash Fiction Challenge
Hope you enjoyed… I seem to be drawn to murder at the moment. Lol.
By the way Charli did an awesome job of featuring me on my blog tour over at Carrot Ranch here’s the link to the post:
Mr. Sagittarius Blog Tour
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Marje @ Kyrosmagica
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Welcome to my blog: M J Mallon - Kyrosmagica Publishing. A blog about magic, books, writing, laughter, and much more! I'm a YA fantasy author, poet and reviewer. My first YA fantasy novel The Curse of Time - Book 1 - Bloodstone is set in Cambridge and Book 2 - Golden Healer is now out too. As well as this, I have contributed to several anthologies, created my own with some amazing international writers, bloggers and creatives during the pandemic: This Is Lockdown and written two poetry collections: Lockdown Innit Poems About Absurdity & Mr. Sagittarius Poetry and Prose. I write book reviews on my blog and on Goodreads, book bub and on my bookstagram. I have a penchant for travel and have relatives in far flung places, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore, (my birthplace.) I grew up in in Bonnie Scotland, in Edinburgh, and now live in Cambridge. I love sunny, hot places, particularly Rome, Venice, Portugal, Barcelona, and I forgot to mention the sun drenched beaches of the Caribbean, how could I? I am lucky to have been blessed with two lovely daughters and a husband who I fondly refer to in this blog as my black sheep. Family joke! With my passion for travel, culture, beautiful beaches, good food, books, theatre, writing, and humour, I hope to keep you entertained. I'm loving every minute of this creative journey, please join me.
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Great letter but she may be on trouble when the prison guards check the letter 😟💜💜
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I loved this line, Marje – ‘The cold and I stood shivering by his gravestone.’ You captured the moment exceptionally well in your writing. It’s filled with sadness, lust, and regret. I was there at that grave as I read your story.
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Ah thank you Hugh. I enjoyed writing this, especially that line! I didn’t plan it it kind of happened!
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Nice and dark, Marje! That’s a great confession of a sugar report.
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Thanks Charli. I’m not very good at writing romance. It always ends up dark… lol.
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“The cold and I stood shivering by his gravestone.”
Stellar!!
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Thank you! 🙂
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