Flash! Friday Challenge
December 12, 2014
I've started participating in a weekly writing competition, Flash! Friday.
Every Friday we are asked to write one or two 150-word stories (10-word
leeway) about a different photo every week. This week the photo was:
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| Wine Glass. CC2 photo by BlakJakDavy. |
(157 words)
The tide nudges me across the infinite ocean. The waves strike my face repeatedly as I drift across the mysterious waters. My eyes snap open as I register my surroundings—only a splashing landscape of plum. The deep ocean gleams under the golden sunset and a lavender mist settles over the silent waters. The air is perfumed with a soothing, fruit-like sweetness. It’s both breathtaking and terrifying.
Fear clouds my mind as I frantically search for an exit, trying to stay calm while my heart beats madly in my chest. Suddenly, my world lurches. I’m flung high and far through the shimmering rays of the sun, as I watch the delicate waters defy gravity. I feel faint as I plummet, panic overflowing me. I try to scream, but no sound escapes. The waters loom nearer and…
I wake abruptly, knocking the wine glass off the balcony, and watch my dream fall and splinter into a million pieces.
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