Penelope’s heart sunk when they approached the door. This was the last known safe haven for miles and the coding was clear, there was only space for three more souls here.
Jerome saw her face, so he immediately tried to reassure her. He pointed at the smiley face with an optimistic tone from his lips. “I see four!”
“They were rushing!” Penelope said through tears. She looked at her small children whom she huddled closer to her body. “It’s all of us or none,” she declared.
Jerome knocked at the door with the rhythmic combination last communicated.
Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers – 10/17/17
I hope you will all permit a brief commercial, but I would like to get all the fiction lovers to join me in a Christmas themed 7 day flash fiction serial. I will post a theme and you will have 7 days of 1,000 words to build your story. It will start on December 12 (mainly because I will be out of the country the first ten days of December). If interested please let me know.
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Hopefully four. Interesting so many writers saw the smiley face as a secret symbol and also saw this as a supposed safe place. I didn’t get that at all.
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I find that especially interesting since I never read another’s writing before I do mine. I guess I am feeling conspiratorial in some way. I blame he proliferation of Halloween themed décor.
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I have faith. They’ll all get in. Good story.
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Loved the setting here. There’s some bleakness going on.
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Jut sitting here I already have another couple of paragraphs forming in my mind.
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You could spin it as a longer yarn and post the link here in this post.
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I love the heart touching twist at the end! Wonderful story!
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I love what you’ve done with this week’s prompt. Excellent.
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Very intriguing. What are they running from? Nicely done.
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I told another I had some follow up writing in mind, but that is usually true with any Flash fiction I write. My mind just builds out a story.
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That’s good! Take those ideas and get them on paper (or screen). You never know what could come of it.
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Besides liking your story, I am interested in your Christmas story idea. Please let me know more about it.
Ellespeth
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