PHOTO PROMPT © Fleur Lind Flower Girl May’s home is a magnet, where family and friends gather in goodwill. Tokens of guests’ appreciation likewise gather on the cabinet; as reminders of what is important. Flower Girl takes center stage, a reminder of Tessy, her long lost friend. Photos are e-mailed afterwards between all, to share…
Category: fiction
#FF — Land’s Promise
PHOTO PROMPT © Alicia Jamtaas Land’s Promise Josiah and Marg are preparing for the journey out West. Folks are saying land out there is free for the taking. Just married, they want a homestead to raise a family. Josiah drives the wagon to *Knockemstiff’s General Store. He listens as Mr. McCallum specifies the vitals. “…You’ll…
#FF — The Other Side of the River
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson The Other Side of the River Jimmy was so busy rolling his snowman’s head that he didn’t notice Pepper’s leash had slipped off of the rickety step rail. :::POP::: :::Yelp!::: Jimmy’s head swiveled to the sounds. He saw Pepper dragging one leg as she scrambled on the ice to make…
#FF — The Last Blue Whale
PHOTO PROMPT © Peter Abbey The Last Blue Whale Dawn’s boardwalk gate opening brought clumps of gawkers, who walked en masse the hundred steps to Observation Station. Some spoke; most didn’t. It was as if the silent ones were aware of the importance of remembering. Like instinctual clockwork, as a new clump approached, those at…
#FF — Prison
PHOTO PROMPT © Susan Rouchard Prison Since the day Daddy held her down when Mama went to town; onward to the day Bobby, the butcher’s son, caught her in the school stairwell, she’d been in prison. Always looking over her shoulder on day errands and never venturing out at night, menace lurked as her companion….
#FF — Pastoral
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Pastoral Dotty, Doug, and Pickle are visiting today. Dotty and I prepare soup and salad for lunch; Finn takes Doug and Pickle out to show them livestock babies and gardens. Pickle lifts a rock behind the back barn and a coral snake bites her. Pickle’s scream echoes into the open…
#FF — Bring a Suit!
PHOTO PROMPT © Jennifer Pendergast After city dwelling for sixty years I moved into a northern berg. A week after moving into the bungalow on Main Street, I found Roslyn’s Cafe. I walk the block each morning for a cuppajoe, the senior breakfast special, and the hum of human conversation. Over time, I even began…
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