Flash
For the A-to-Z Blogging Challenge this year, I’m posting a 100 word piece of flash fiction every day. It might be a self-contained story, or a scene–whatever, it’ll be fiction, and it’ll be over in a flash! Today’s story is…
Flash
It looked more like a confessional than a photo booth. In the middle of the mall? My curiosity piqued, I ventured behind the crimson curtain and sat on the velvet cushioned seat.
The word SMILE suddenly appeared in LED letters on the plate glass screen in front of me. I smiled.
Flash.
Flash.
Flash.
A message blinked:
Please wait…
The booth interior was wood paneled, and warm like an embrace. So why did I shiver?
A new message appeared:
Your soul has been found wanting. Please prepare for penance.
I tried to leave but the seat give way beneath me….
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oo. Good one!
Thanks, Sarah! 🙂
Love it! You should make that an entire book!
Thank you, Melanie. Hmmm… now there’s a thought… 🙂
I’d read a book consisting entirely of flash fiction – I wonder if I can write one consisting entirely of limericks… who says ‘good’ has to be ‘long’? 🙂 (You’re one of a small handful I’m visiting every day by the way – even smaller if you discount those belonging to friends – adore your work!)
I wonder how a flash fiction book would work? If the pieces were really short (like mine), it would either be a very short book, or it would have a LOT of flash fiction in it! Perhaps if the pieces were no more than 500 words, 1000 at the most, that might work. And perhaps from a variety of authors. It would be interesting. Good doesn’t have to be long–and limerick books have a long tradition.
And thanks for your kind words, Cath! I hope you continue to enjoy the stories this month. 🙂
Nice one. Like the ending.
~Patricia Lynne~
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Patricia Lynne, YA Author
Thank you, Patricia! Melanie (above) suggested it could be the basis of a novel… and I can think of some ways I could go with that. We’ll see… 😀
Uh oh. Given that it’s a photo booth, I’m wondering if vanity had anything to do with this one?
Hmmm… possibly… or maybe all is not what it seems…! 🙂
Oh, that’s not good! I love the idea. It’s creepy, but I could see that happening in a futuristic society for sure.