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The Bane of My Life: Micro-Flash Fiction entry
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I came across Matt Dinniman’s blog the other day and noticed he was running a micro-flash fiction horror contest for Halloween. Figured what the heck, I have time to write 99 words. Here it is. There’s still time to enter if you have the notion. The deadline is Wednesday, October 25 at midnight. Check it out! Thanks, Matt. Great idea. It was fun.
The Bane of My Life
I scanned the gray worn and crumbled cement stones and various other statues in the Bane family plot. Idly doing the math, I realized something odd: all the adults buried here were exactly fifty years old when they died. All of them.
A mirror adorned the stone directly in front of me. The deeply carved dates jumped out at me in double vision. It wasn’t until the sun slid behind a cloud that I saw no reflection and the large letters of my name JODI BANE.
This can’t be! This name always had caused me misery, even in death.
Micro-flash Fiction Contest, Matt Dinniman, Fireflies in the Cloud, Horror Contest, AbsoluteWrite, jdkiggins
I came across Matt Dinniman’s blog the other day and noticed he was running a micro-flash fiction horror contest for Halloween. Figured what the heck, I have time to write 99 words. Here it is. There’s still time to enter if you have the notion. The deadline is Wednesday, October 25 at midnight. Check it out! Thanks, Matt. Great idea. It was fun.
The Bane of My Life
I scanned the gray worn and crumbled cement stones and various other statues in the Bane family plot. Idly doing the math, I realized something odd: all the adults buried here were exactly fifty years old when they died. All of them.
A mirror adorned the stone directly in front of me. The deeply carved dates jumped out at me in double vision. It wasn’t until the sun slid behind a cloud that I saw no reflection and the large letters of my name JODI BANE.
This can’t be! This name always had caused me misery, even in death.
Micro-flash Fiction Contest, Matt Dinniman, Fireflies in the Cloud, Horror Contest, AbsoluteWrite, jdkiggins
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12 Comments:
Very nice!!
Glad to see you back. :)
Very good imagery in such a short amount of space! I could see the environment.
p.s. I wanted to post a comment earlier but for some reason the comment click link thing wasn't there. Faulty code or I'm imagining things.
Hi Jason. Good to see you still check in. I'll try to get here more often to post.
Thanks for reading, smg. Like that cemetary view, huh! lol Not sure what happened with the comment link. Maybe a glitch with Blogger at the time.
Great mico fiction! I like the imagery and personality in your work.
Good writing! And keep at it. Are you writing this week? :)
Glad to have you back.
Thanks Belle. I glad you liked it. I appreciate your comment.
Thanks Ray! Does that 99 words count toward the 5,000 due this week? LOL Yes, I'm writing this week. Not telling how much I have completed yet though. ;)
Great story, Joanne! :)
That's a good one - I'm glad you entered!
Now we gnaw our fingernails as we wait for the winner to be announced!
Thanks Jeff. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks Dawn. Glad to see you here. Good luck with your entry!