Fiction from Photos
March 18, 2018AuthorBy Sunday Fiction
Posted
in Photo Fiction
Each week a photo is used, donated by one of the participants
of Sunday Photo Fiction, and the idea is to write a story with the photo as a
prompt in 200 words or less.
Careful editing
will keep your words within the confines of the 200 word limit. The photo
doesn’t have to be centre stage, there have been times when I have had to read
the story a few times to spot where the prompt is hidden. Please include a
mention and / or link to whoever donated the photo.
Photo credit: A Mixed
Bag
THE TRIP
Alice found the letter in Ben’s room. It detailed
a trip to Egypt. She gasped at the
cost. How on earth could she afford to
send Ben on a trip of a lifetime? The
school listed how payments could be made over a period of time. It didn’t mention any concessions for single
parents on low incomes. If she did
manage the monthly payments over the next 18 months until the trip was underway
could she then manage that sort of commitment again for Christine when it was
her turn to go on such a trip?
She could not treat them
differently. Their father wasn’t working
so she knew he couldn't help. Her meagre
paying part-time job wasn’t enough some months to buy everything they
needed. Teenagers needed so much more
these days than she did when she was their age.
She did some sums. If she was very, very careful and went
without new clothes herself for the next few years she could get the money
together. Then there was the new
clothing he would need and pocket money for the trip.
She answered the phone. Aunt Mill had left her a legacy, such a bitter/sweet
blessing.
Word count: 198
Good old Auntie Mill!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Aunt Mill!
ReplyDeleteBittersweet for sure!
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