Photo courtesy of Paul Howell (Mystery writer Betty Webb‘s husband) Mike was already in a bad mood when he answered the phone to Eric that morning. The pair of them had quite the session the night before and he was very hung over. “What did you want?” “I didn’t know who else to call. I find [...]
Tag: 200 word story
SPF: Chance sighting
Written for Sunday photo fiction Photo courtesy of David Meredith, photographer “Daniel!” I yelled for my husband as I held the newspaper in it. " I can't believe it." “Can’t believe what, honey?” “Remember all of those times I told you about my childhood house? How I always wondered what happened to it?” “You tell me every day, dearest.” [...]
SPF: Bad day
I hoped there would be no other day like the morning I woke up in a foreign land only to discover I no longer had a job. No amount of training would have helped on that day in the resort as the customers also realised someone stranded them. They were understandably angry as there [...]
FFftPP: Yard sale
https://morguefile.com/creative/GaborfromHungary/47/all _DSC7913 I was walking along, minding my business. In fact, there was no plan in the direction I was walking, as all I wanted to be was alone. Surprised, I found that I had strolled into my old neighbourhood and I was practically standing outside of my old house. It took me a moment to [...]
SPF: The storm
Photo from Pixabay It came out of nowhere. The Typhoon warning alarm sounded and, after a moment of surprise, everyone ran to get undercover. In our case , we were outside eating on a balcony of the popular bar. Inside the brick building, we could hear the wind and rain, causing absolute chaos out. The 12 [...]
SPF: the lifelong dream
Now, I am going to screw my brain on and write a story for the correct date! I enjoyed the other prompt anyway, so let's have a go at another. So, this 200-word story is inspired by Sunday photo fiction. Photo courtesy of Artur Malishkevych The couple were sitting underneath a palm tree on a beach [...]
SPF: The cult of the artist
The following is a 200-word story inspired by this week's Sunday photo fiction. Please give their site a visit and have a look at the other entries made. They are certainly worth it 🙂 Photo from Morguefile A strange thing happened every week is a non-descript café in town. It used to happen every Wednesday at [...]
FFtPP: Security check
The following is written for the challenge flash fiction for the purposeful practitioner. Please see their website by clicking this link 3fgm4PNvwbj36zBQprz7Nod1KB0YXSCGawXJuSmR freephotos.cc On this day the woman’s handbag did not contain anything unusual. It held everything you may think is needed, but there was just something about her that made me suspicious. They always [...]
SPF: The protest
It has certainly been a while, but I'm definitely glad to see that this challenge is still going 🙂 check out this great challenge here and read everyone else's take on the prompt. Photo courtesy of DB McNicol via Pixabay The protest The people began to gather in the courtyard. They were dressed in bright colours, [...]
SPF: A time slip
Photo Credit: Susan Spaulding Something slapped the girl very hard in her back making her plunge forwards into the muddy ground head first. However, she ignored the pain and pulled herself back to her feet. She had to warn the Royal bodyguard about the assassination plot that she’d discovered. That, and she needed to get [...]