Flash Fiction Friday
This past Wednesday I participated in Flash! Friday‘s “Warmup Wednesday” which is an informal writing challenge to help prepare for the weekly Friday contest. This week the rules were:
Write a scene or an entire story of 100 words on the nose (no more, no fewer), inspired by this photograph:
For an added challenge, the story had to include a lost thing or person. Here’s what I came up with:
“Are we there yet?”
My eye caught the sign: three miles to Havenville. A cheer went up from the back seat. Two weeks ago they couldn’t get away fast enough. Our annual hundred mile trip to the beach had been anticipated with new swimsuits, lists of places to eat, and loaded Kindles.
But two weeks is about long enough to feel the heart-tug of home. Kelly and Jonah were ready for their own beds, their friends, and their favorite TV shows.
Of course, we missed the news.
The car went deathly silent as we entered the tornado-ripped remains of Havenville.
Have a great weekend!
And this is why I very rarely enter QOTKU flash fiction comps! Chilling, Colin.
Thanks, and if you liked that, AJ, half the credit for the fact that I can even attempt to write 100-word flash is from entering QOTKU’s contests for the past 4 years. Most of my entries haven’t received even a special mention, but they’ve all been good practice. There’s one this weekend… 🙂