Empty Room (Friday Fictioneers #5)

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I took part in this weekly challenge four weeks in a row last spring, and I enjoyed the ride a lot! 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!

Photo Prompt – Copyright: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

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Who would have thought?

All it took was a glance at the girl who sat across from me—wild hair held up by an electric blue scrunchie, bold red lips, her stone-washed jeans leaving her midriff bare—and the melody blasted into my mind with such astonishing clarity, I plucked out the folded snack paper bag I’d shoved into my back pocket, snatched the pencil out of the fingers of the Sudoku-solving man sitting beside me and scribbled down the chords.

It had been ten years. Suddenly, I couldn’t wait to call Roland. It was time.

92 words

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The first thing I saw when looking at this week’s picture was the Tears for Fears album cover. I just heard Roland Orzabal’s voice in my head 🙂

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32 responses to “Empty Room (Friday Fictioneers #5)”

October 12, 2014

aliciajamtaas

I felt the desperation in this: need paper, need pen, must record what “m hearing then make the call. Well done.

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1. October 12, 2014
  
  MM Jaye
  
  I really appreciate your comment. Thank you, Alicia!
  
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October 12, 2014

mscwhite

The big para (all one sentence) is very effective in capturing the urgency of the moment. Great story!

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1. October 12, 2014
  
  MM Jaye
  
  That’s what I was going for. Thank you for your comment!
  
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October 13, 2014

Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

Ah.. and I never even saw the Tears for Fears album… sometimes inspiration strike at an instant..

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October 13, 2014

MM Jaye

Thank you so much for commenting, Bjorn!

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