Thursday, February 20, 2014

FSF Challenge - Sunshine

Lillie McFerrin Writes
This week's writing challenge from
Five Sentence Fiction
( Lillie McFerrin Writes ) is based upon the prompt:

Sunshine

What it’s all about: Five Sentence Fiction is about packing a powerful punch in a tiny fist. Each week Lillie posts one word for inspiration, then anyone wishing to participate will write a five sentence story based on the prompt word.


This week's story takes us on a road trip to the other side...



One-Way Trip

Image source: http://lilliemcferrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/9271_1280x800.jpg
    "The sun certainly is bright coming through that break in the trees ahead," said Kyle as he walked along the tree-lined lane with his wife.
    "Yes," she replied, "and it's playing tricks on my eyes. I don't remember the road taking a turn like that."
    "That's odd, because I was thinking the same thing."
     They looked back to get their bearings only to see themselves lying in the road, entwined in the erratic tracks of a car whose driver had lost control, and the crew of an ambulance in a frantic, but futile, attempt at revival.

Stats:
  Words: 96
  Characters: 433
  Sentences: 5 (of course!)
  Words per sentence: 19.2


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The horror anthology,
includes my poem,
The Ballad of Drunken Jack.
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The zombie anthology,
Haiku of the Dead
by Dreamscape Press,
includes my poem,
Hunting Season.
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8 comments:

  1. RajlakshmiFebruary 20, 2014 at 8:57 PM

    Loved the twist :)

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  2. MartyFebruary 22, 2014 at 9:15 AM

    Terrific - I didn't see it coming.

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  3. NabanitaFebruary 22, 2014 at 9:29 AM

    Ohh the twist! gr8 take on the prompt

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    1. K R SmithFebruary 23, 2014 at 11:50 PM

      It may be the darkest story I've ever written about sunshine! Thanks for reading!

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  4. Rum-Punch DrunkFebruary 22, 2014 at 11:32 AM

    Oh my days, what an ending and so unexpected and it gave me a bit of a chill too. You're very good at putting so much into a short post.

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    1. K R SmithFebruary 23, 2014 at 11:52 PM

      Thanks for the compliment! It's been a real learning experience on FSF. I get to see how others do it here and I've gotten quite an education from reading their work.

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