Guide for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers
1. A prompt photo will be provided each Tuesday to be used as a
base to your story. Please include photo prompt with your story.
2. Linking for this challenge begins on Tuesday and runs to the
following Monday evening.
3. Please credit photo to photographer.
4. The story word limit is 100 – 150 words (+ – 25 words). Please
try and stay within this limit.
5. Pingback to the challenge post in your story's post.
6. This is a flash fiction challenge (stories in 100-175 words or
less) and each story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Therefore,
no serial (continuation) stories. They become too complicated for our readers.
7. Add your story to the InLinkz Link-up (Blue Froggy button).
Please let me know if you need link-up instructions.
8. Please keep stories below R rating.
9. Please respect the diversity of our readers and writers in
regard to race, religion, and life style choice when writing your stories.
10. Remember, half the fun is reading and commenting on each
other's stories.
This
week's photo prompt is provided by Dawn Miller for our photo prompt this week!
Mother and Son
Laura entered the
control centre ready to start her shift. Scanning the monitors quickly, her eye was drawn
to one particular screen.
As Joe handed over to
her he pointed out the screen in the right hand corner.
‘She’s been there for
a couple of hours,’ he said. ‘She
doesn’t move, just keeps looking up every now and again as though she’s
expecting someone.’
‘That is Dot,’
explained Laura. ‘She hasn’t been here for
a while but she used to come every week for a couple of months. I’ll give her son a call.’
Ben arrived quickly,
Laura met him at the entrance and escorted him to his mother.
‘Oh, there you are my
dear. Shall we go home now?’ Dot smiled lovingly at her son.
Ben hid his tears as
he prepared to take his mother back to the nursing home.
Laura patted his arm
in sympathy as they left the waiting area.
Word count: 154
A touching scene of a difficult time. I would love to know the reason she keeps coming to the waiting area.
ReplyDeleteAhhh, how sad! Dementia is such a sad disease. Very touching story, Sally!
ReplyDeleteVery sad, but very touching too!
ReplyDeleteWell done!