Restroom

Today is Day Eighteen of the A-to-Z Blogging Challenge. Click on the letter picture to the right for more information about this blog hop. Like last year, I’m writing 100-word flash fiction stories/poems/scenes for this year’s challenge. Today’s is:

Jed yawned. Just a ten minute break, he thought, getting up from his desk. He took the first vacant cubicle in the Men’s and, with his head resting against the wall, closed his eyes and let his mind drift…

An hour later, Jed awoke and leaped at the cubicle door which slid open automatically.

His jaw dropped.

The restroom walls were bright and clean with integrated mirrors. There were no sinks, only faucets. Where was he?

For a moment he thought he was dreaming, then he heard a strange wheezing, groaning sound. Jed turned just as his restroom cubicle disappeared…

Come back tomorrow for S…

cds

Colin D. Smith, writer of blogs and fiction of various sizes.

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9 Responses

  1. Ugh. Don’t turn me off of naps. I like them and don’t need to worry about that. LOL

    ~Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~
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  2. Tat’s a bit odd! I’d keep clear of that one in the future1

    • cds says:

      Yes, be sure to check your restroom cubicle before you get comfortable–especially if the interior dimensions appear to be larger than the exterior dimensions… 🙂

  3. Luana Krause says:

    Excellent flash. You drew me in and kind of creeped me out. Nice blog.

  4. Luana Krause says:

    Nice blog! Excellent flash fiction. You really drew me into the story.

  5. helenalemon says:

    Why would you go into a restroom to take a nap? Or was that a prelude before the nap? And then he fell asleep in the restroom? Sorry, little slow…

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