FF – Poor Ned
Here is my story for the 100 word flash fiction challenge Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week she also provided the photo.
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“Ugh. What the MyLittlePony is this?”
“Winter feed. Not a fan?”
“Neigh.”
“Get used to it. The grass is all wet and stuff so we get this instead.”
“What’re these hard bits?”
“Nutritional Supplement Number 87. Tasty. Ned’ll tell you. Where is Ned, anyway?”
“Last I saw, vet was with him. He didn’t look well.”
“Hope he’s okay.”
“I’m sure he’ll be fine. So what’s this under this patch of hay? Looks like a… a… face…”
“Let me see… oh. Oh dear.”
“What? What?”
“It’s Ned. Guess he didn’t make it. Tuck in, he always liked to be useful!”
Sharing My World 2016 Week 49
Here is my post for Cee’s Share Your World.
What do you value most in a friendship?
Ooh, really huge expensive birthday presents. Wait, reading that back to myself, it sounds a bit mercenary. Someone who listens and doesn’t judge. There you go, that’s better.
Do you prefer eating the frosting of the cake or the cupcake first? Do you prefer a specific flavour?
I eat both at the same time. They’re designed to complement each other, and they do! Any flavour is good for me.
Have you ever been in a submarine? If you haven’t, would you want to?
I seem to remember going in one a long time ago. It was one of those decommissioned ones from years ago for people to walk around, so it didn’t have any atomic torpedoes or anything on it. It was also on the water rather than under it. I quite like enclosed spaces, but I’m not so sure I would like being under all that water as well.
If 100 people your age were chosen at random, how many do you think you’d find leading a more satisfying life than yours?
Oh, golly gosh, cor blimey and whatnot, what a question! Sounds like something you’d be asked in a psych evaluation. I’m going to play it safe and say 50.
FF – Daytime at Midnight
Here is my post for Friday Fictioneers, the 100 word story prompt hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by her long-time friend Lucy Fridkin.
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Copyright Lucy Fridkin
Frederick stared down at the great Arks below. Though after midnight the light from the approaching solar storm reflected off the water, casting shadows which danced across the waves. Soon the Arks would set sail; later they would dive to the depths of the ocean, protecting the world’s inhabitants inside hardened steel shells…
“What’re you doing?”
“Oh, just looking at the bay, dreaming up a story.”
“Come inside. The solar storm will be here soon. We want to be together at the end, to say goodbye.”
“Okay. Arks would’ve been good.”
“Huh?”
“Oh, just thinking out loud.”
Sharing My World 2016 Week 48
Here is my post for Cee’s Share Your World. Week 48 already, blimey!
Do you prefer eating foods with nuts or no nuts?
No nuts for me. Though funnily enough I really like chocolate with a praline filling. I just Googled “praline” and as I suspected, it has nuts in!
If someone made a movie of your life would it be a drama, a comedy, a romantic-comedy, action film, or science fiction?
It would be a flop, I expect. Frightfully boring and whatnot.
Who talks real sense to you?
Me! I do. It probably isn’t good sense but it always makes sense to me at the time. Otherwise I wouldn’t be saying it to myself.
Do you have a favourite board game?
Board game? Bored game more like! Haha. Hahahaha. Ahem.
Just kidding. Though I prefer video games. Monopoly is okay. I like games where I don’t like to think. Like Trivial Pursuit – you either know it or you don’t. I do enough thinking at work, thanks. I expect we’ll be playing some games around Christmas time!
FF – A Night in the Trailer
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, the 100 word challenge hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo comes from Jan Wayne Fields.
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Copyright Jan Wayne Fields
“Morning, Dear!”
“Morning, Love! Um… didn’t we used to have a car?”
“After last year’s camping trip, I arranged with my friends to drive it back home overnight. This is real camping. No phones…”
“Whaaat?”
“… no car, just us and Nature. Ah, the smell of the woods, the sound of the… bears?”
“Yeek! We’ve no car! No car!”
“Don’t panic, Dear. Squeeze into the trailer!”
“It’s tiny!”
Much, much later…
“Do you think they’ve gone, Dear?”
“Do you wanna poke your head out and check, Mr Nature?”
“Not really. Let’s make the best of it. Marshmallow?”
Frosty silence.
Sharing My World 2016 Week 47
Here is my post for Cee’s Share Your World. This one is a “grateful for” special in honour of the USA’s Thanksgiving Day. Cee’s recommends a few words representing the first thing which comes to mind.
Your home life?
Anteater.
No, this “first thing which comes to mind” isn’t going to work. I’ll try again.
Relaxed, mainly stress-free. I love that after all these years I finally own a little house.
Your family?
My immediate family live nearby and we’ll all be seeing each other at Christmas!
Your blogging community?
They’re such a lovely bunch, reading all my stuff and producing quality works for me to read 🙂
Your city or immediate area in which you live?
It’s a nice quiet little village and I’m far enough from the main road that I don’t get any traffic noise. I’m grateful for the peace and quiet.
The regional area in which you live?
I’ve published many many pictures of the lovely area I live in. Let me find another one. Or two.
The country where you live?
It’s free, democratic and there’s enough to go round. Not that everyone gets enough sadly.
You?
Me! I’m reasonably healthy and content 🙂
FF – Same Old
Here is my story for the 100 word Friday Fictioneers challenge, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo came from C. E. Ayr.
This story will either be mildly amusing or won’t make any sense whatsoever. I’m hoping people have read the book or at least seen the film. Sorry, I’m out of ideas today.
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Copyright C. E. Ayr
“This is it. Interdimensional portal.”
“Why the chain?”
“Tourist attractions always do that. Stop people seeing the cool stuff.”
“Like portals?”
“Like portals. This is gonna be great!”
“Yeah, massive! Let’s do this thing. I love this part, never know what you’re gonna find!”
They jumped the chain and entered the door.
Snow. Bitter cold. A lady on a sleigh to their left, a strange creature to their right, gesticulating wildly at them.
The pair shook their heads sadly and walked back through the door.
“Unbelievable. Narnia again. Why’s it always Narnia?”
“That bloody lion’s on his own this time. Beer?”
Limerick Challenge – Tell Me a Story
I’ve missed the last few weeks but I’ve managed to put together a limerick for Mind and Life Matters’ Limerick Challenge this week.
This week the theme is “Tell Me a Story!” To read all the limericks, click on the blue froggy.
I have a whole story to tell
To fit it all in will be hell
‘Cos five lines are too few
So you’ll have to make do
With me saying it all ended well.
Sharing My World 2016 Week 46
Here is my post for Cee’s Share Your World.
Are you a traveller or a homebody?
I’m a homebody. It’s okay to take little trips but it’s nice to get home again.
What kind of TV commercial would you like to make? Describe it.
I wouldn’t really like to make one at all. I don’t like watching them either. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I watched an advert on TV – I always record anything I watch on broadcast TV so even if it’s a commercial channel (i.e. it has adverts) I can skip them.
Describe yourself in a word that starts with the first letter of your name.
That’s “A” for “Ali” so let’s give this a go.
Asshole. Oh dear, let’s try again. Asswipe. Oh no, this isn’t going well. Wait! I have one, it’s coming. Aaaaaaaaaaaasshat.
Darn. Let’s try “D” for “draliman” instead.
Douche. Douchebag. Argh, must… concentrate… on… word… d…d…d…d…douchecanoe.
Dammit.
Ooh, I have one! Dirigible. There you go. It’s not going to get any better than that I’m afraid.
List some fun things for a rainy day.
Reading, watching Amazon and Netflix, playing on my PS4 (currently “Elder Scrolls Online”), taking a nice nap. This is all stuff that works on any day!
FF – Carnage!
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, the 100 word challenge hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo comes from Björn Rudberg.
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Copyright Björn Rudberg
Chris “Fingers” O’Flaherty shot an evil grin at the hapless shop keeper.
“Not gonna pay up, huh? Time ta die!” He held out his hand and his cohort, Nigel “No Brains” Bingwit, handed him a violin case. Fingers opened it and extracted the contents.
“Eat lead!”
Twang.
“Ha!” scoffed the shop keeper, suddenly feeling brave. “What ya gonna do, batter me to death with the string section?”
Fingers stared at the violin in his hands. “Bingwit, you moron. You picked up the wrong cases!”
Meanwhile, across town at the weekly rehearsal of the Little Brimptom String Orchestra, it was carnage!
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