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The Arch (flash fiction)

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Flash fiction weekend story prompt from Sammi Cox including “impudence”.

84 words.

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The Arch

Damn you Percy!

What?

What’d I say? Altar mice, quiet, we’re not here

But we ARE here, they ask us of that

Damn you Percy!

But she was to step off the ledge, from the Arch, to her death

That was hers

But?!?!

Just rites Percy

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Reginald!!! Where’s Percy!?

He’s here ma’am, meet Barton

Barton? Good. Will you escort me to the Arch?

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Damn you Percy!

Yours was the prettiest impudent head of all

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Sir?

It’s hers Barton

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Gods please, this time, please

The Race At The End Of Three County Fair (flash fiction)

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So, there was, this weekend, a writing prompt from Sammi Cox who offers these on a regular basis. The latest was to use the word “revel” in a piece of prose or a poem with a goal of, this time around, exactly 69 words.

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The Race At The End Of Three County Fair

She was the finest horse across three counties, four if you included Wayneer

No one ever included Wayneer

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Her name?

Tomorrow

as she was fast as

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She was entered in Three County Fair’s grand finale

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He was the finest horse in Wayneer and reveled

the race

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His name was Time

He caught Tomorrow’s eye

at the gate

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The finale never even began

They grazed

“Winner” (flash fiction)

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Word Prompt from Sammi Cox – 95 words max

Word – “Winner”

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I wanted to punch him, right in his stupid face.

But he hovered over me, bastard, daily, smirking, taking the desserts Mom left quizzical black heart notes on.

I finally punched him right in his stupid Mr Johnson face and held my blood cookies right over his stupid head.

Dad made look of dragging me away from the big office “No!!! Be better!!”  …

“Mom appreciates you having her back by the way … this is a win”

“His stupid face!”

“But your Mom is VERY beguiling Son … cookie?”

We shared them on the ride home