This flash fiction Friday event is both fun and a great writing exercise. A picture prompt, a 100-word story that links dozens of awesome writer bloggers! Thank you, Rochelle Wishoff-Fields!
Here’s my third attempt entitled “Breathe!”
PHOTO PROMPT Copyright – Douglas M. MacIlroy
BREATHE!
99 words
“No!” Mary’s cry sliced the silence of the cabin like a sharp blade.
The smeared spoon, the lighter on the table, Amy’s body slouched on the chair, the tablet idle on her lap.
Amy’s eyes cracked open. Mary braced herself for the vacant, red look of a daughter gone. It had been five years. No!
Amy stretched like a cat. “Jeez, I guess I snoozed. There was a power cut, so I heated the soup on the gas cooker.” She gave her mother a sheepish smile. “I’m a slob.”
Mary shuddered, as relief exploded in her. “Any soup left?”
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When I saw this picture, impulsively I zoomed in to discern any actual drug paraphernalia. It just took me there, hence the story.
For more stories and totally different takes on this prompt click on the linky:
Beyond the Mind Maze 
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