Friday Fictioneers is a weekly blog link-up led by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields at Addicted to Purple. The Challenge – write a one hundred word (plus or minus) story with a beginning, middle, and end inspired by the picture*. The Key – make every word count.
The picture is worth a thousand words. Below are my one hundred.
*Image © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
The High Cost of Infidelity
Razor-sharp freezing rain sliced through the night. She fought visions of desolation. Blood that was only mud swirled in a puddle below the balcony.
She turned from the lot and faced the closed motel door. The shadow of her lover darkened the peep-hole. Impossible choices wrapped an icy blanket around her shoulders.
Call the police and report the crime.
Remain complacent and become an accomplice.
Take another life and save her own.
Or…
She placed her hand on her womb, pointed the knife inward, and made her decision. Her lover opened the door and gasped. He stepped over her body, and ran.
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102 words. I’m not sure how I feel about this one. Feedback is especially appreciated. Click below to read other creative contributions to this week’s Friday Fictioneers photo prompt.
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Very descriptive and deep for 100 words!
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Thank you Josh.
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EEK!
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Indeed.
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Amazing how 100 words can feel like a complete story. Very descriptive!
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Thank you. I’m glad you felt it was a complete story.
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Great descriptive piece, Melanie. Very well written. It felt tense and icy cold. If I understand correctly, he killed her and their (her) baby.
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I knew there was something that was off here… I revised. Do you mind reading again and telling me if it’s more clear?
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Oh, yes. Much different here. There’s no question what happens. It’s quite clear. That’s a high cost, indeed.
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Ok. Good. Thank you for reading again. 🙂
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My pleasure. Anytime.
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I’m a little confused . . .
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You aren’t the only one. I made a few changes. It should be more clear now. If not, then I may have taken on more than 100 words can handle.
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I don’t think you took on too much.
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Thanks for letting me know.
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Direct, like a punch in the guts.
Good piece.
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Thanks Mick!
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Powerful.
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Thank you Sandra.
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It’s sad for all when you feel you are out of options..
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It really is. A couple of years ago I lost a friend to suicide. I never want to feel that sadness again.
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Gut-wrenching.
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Thank you.
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Great plot twist from what is initially suggested!
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Thanks! Glad you thought so.
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What twist and what brevity of thoughts!
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Thank you Jey!
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was shocked from reading your plot twist. Great story of 100 words!
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Hope it wasn’t too shocking. Thanks for reading.
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