This is a unique flash fiction challenge where we provide you with a new photo each week, and the first sentence of a story. Your challenge is to finish the story using 100-150 words, not including the sentence provided. Don’t forget to use the opening sentence… This challenge runs from Monday to Sunday! Get creative and have fun finishing the story!
Please include the photo with your bit of flash and a link back to this post. Do not forget to click on the blue frog and add your link so that others can enjoy your story too! Now let’s have some fun!
© 2015, Barbara W. Beacham
Finish the story begins with: “She lived a life that some would describe as being on edge.”
She lived a life that some would describe as being on edge.
Jenny pulled back her grey ponytail. Her old eye surveys the cabin. Her simple two room shack did her well. Self-substaining her farm was small. Her life was simple.
“It’s that all there is?” She asked the tiger striped cat at her feet. Her obituary was a little short. At least she could have them rewrite it still.
“I guess people can’t be on their own anymore. Shame they don’t say who discovered me. I’d like to know. You know just to thank them for looking in on me. I got them two thin nickels to leave you. Alfred, they are all yours. Like this place. I don’t know if I can leave them to a cat.”
“I guess I’ll keep that obit. Maybe frame it..put it on the wall. When I feel dead, I’ll just read it over.”
Love the last line!!!
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Thank you very much. It was a nice thought for bad times.
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Sounds like someone wants that small piece of land. I hope she can leave it to her cat! Well done!
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Thank you darling. The lonely old self sufficient woman made for the best living on the edge person. She’s a fiesty thing, maybe the cat did it. I have four, they do things for no reason.
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So intriguing and wonderful piece.
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Thanks darling. I really had fun. Didn’t even kill anyone.😉
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I missed that streak from you;)
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I know it’s boring. I have spend too much time on vacation to find a good murder streak. I’m be killing things soon.
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Means you had a wonderful vacation.. It’s not boring at all btw:)
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I couldn’t get the pictures from last stop to download. So the next death might be an iPad….
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I hope not to miss it
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I will be sure to include Death in the title darling. 😉
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Yeah – I’m also a fan of that last line! It worked like elegant punctuation to finish the piece. Nicely done.
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A little light horror for those bad times. Moral of the story don’t let your cat near your phone. They might just kill you if they wait for food. Thanks darling.
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Mark, this is great! Alfred has declared her dead and she’s still alive with only two nickles and a simple piece of land. Hahaha! Love it, especially the last line.
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Not everyone is afraid of their own death. I guess if you read about it. Somehow, the last nickels and loner fir in my mind. Thanks for the kind word as always.
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Very intriguing. I love the last line: “When I feel dead, I’ll just read it over.”
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It served like a loner story. So what would be more eerie than reading your own obit. Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate it!
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Great little mystery in such a neat little package. Well done.
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Many thanks. I was going for interesting.
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