REGRETS

REGRETS

“Delphine always wanted to pilot her father’s plane and when he forgot his keys on her tenth birthday, she knew that taking off would be easy.”

Taking off is always the easy part, whether it's flying a plane, running from danger, or starting a project. It's the finish that can kill you.

Delphine learned the meaning of the word regret the day she stole her dad's plane. It wasn't the landing that taught her that important lesson; it was where she landed—a deserted island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.

For five years, she lived alone on a beautiful tropical isle and managed to avoid the poisonous snakes, the wild boars, even the Komodo dragons. But when she finally found the islands inhabitants, she couldn't escape being the guest of honor for dinner.

The cave had always frightened her, so she kept her distance, until the day she swore she saw Amelia Earhart run inside and she followed.

Water bubbled, and the steam spiraled a path to the heavens just like Delphine's screams.

148 words

Yolanda Renee © 2015

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COFFEE BLACK

 COFFEE BLACK

“The barista shook his head. That hedge couldn’t have moved closer overnight. Could it?”

Don't be foolish, you're just imagining things.

"Coffee, black, please?" a stranger demands.

"Yes, sir. Anything for a connoisseur of the bean?"

His face contorts. "A what? What did you call me?"

"Oh, no sir. A connoisseur an expert, someone who loves the pure taste of the coffee bean. No insult intended." I add a bear claw to his order. "No charge, please, enjoy."

"Shit, I'm sorry." He wipes his forehead with a napkin. "I'm exhausted, been driving all day. Still have hours to go. Never drink the stuff, but I need to stay awake. Thanks." He picked up the bear claw and took a bite. "Now that I consider myself a connoisseur of, d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s."

I cringe, smile, and switch off the open sign. He'll be dead before he gets the key in the ignition. His tall, lanky body is perfect.

Time to start that row of Gumby shaped hedges.

150 words

Yolanda Renee © 2015

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GUMBY

Since Gumby and I are too old is so unfamiliar and folks don't get the gist of the story

I thought I should post this. :) 

Enjoy!

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FLESH EATERS

SALVATION?????

“The Mayor and the town manager waved as their next victim approached.”

Salvation once again turned to horror. It took a few minutes, but the color, the cheerful greeting, the unbelievable outline of bodies under the plastic tarp alerted me -- I was just in time for dinner—again.

My escape had been for naught, especially when a voice behind me said. "Don't even cornsider runnin', yer surroun'ed. Cuss it all ain't yo' a purdy one?"

After I'd stumbled upon the malicious matriarch, she had given me water, food, access to a revitalizing bubble bath and clean clothes, but my mind couldn't erase her first words 'dinners arrived'.

I gushed my appreciation for their hospitality, despite the lustful, salivating attention of her sons, but I also dropped a bottle of Ambien into the milk jug.

Escape was easy. A backpack full of fried chicken, corn fritters, and a jug of water, but I'd run – right into a whole community of flesh eaters.

Yolanda Renée © 2015

150 Words

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FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE

This is unique flash fiction challenge is hosted by Barb Beacham, where she provides a new photo each week, and the first sentence of a story.

Our challenge is to finish the story using 100-150 words, not including the sentence provided. Don’t forget to use the opening sentence… This challenge runs from Monday to Sunday! Get creative and have fun finishing the story!

Please include the photo with your bit of flash and a link back to this post. Do not forget to follow the link to Monday's Finish the Story and click on the blue frog. Be sure to add your link so that others can enjoy your story too! 

Now let’s have some fun!

"Write a story that kills me!"

I don't usually do this but I wrote a follow-up from the last challenge. How could I not? You can read it under the title HOSPITALITY. Enjoy!

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KALEIDOSCOPE

This is a unique flash fiction challenge hosted by Barb Beacham. Barb provides a new photo each week, and the first sentence of a story.

Our challenge is to finish the story using 100-150 words, not including the sentence provided. Don’t forget to use the opening sentence…

This challenge runs from Monday to Sunday! So get creative and have fun finishing the story!

Please include the photo with your bit of flash and a link back to this post. Do not forget to click on the blue frog and add your link so that others can enjoy your story too! Now let’s have some fun!

This week, thanks go out to Eric Wickland of Momusnews who came up with the opening line to go with this week’s photo!

 

KALEIDOSCOPE

 

"At first it looked like an ordinary marble, but it was far from it."

 

Celine carefully glued each piece into place, and then bowed her head in prayer.

 

She recalled the flash in the sky. First on the scene, she found the glass ball glowing with a kaleidoscope of unique colors. She heard a voice in her head. "Do not break, hazardous to your planet's health."

 

"This is just too pretty to break, so you don't have to worry about that." She spoke aloud, and then laughed, shaking off the eerie warning. She hurried home with her prize.

 

For ten years, the glass ball sat stately as the centerpiece on her mantel, but a dusting accident changed everything.

 

Celine finished her prayer, crossed her fingers, and hurried to the window of her New York City condominium. Nothing had changed; hundreds of senseless bobble heads still filled the streets. Humanity had not returned to normal.

 

Celine screamed, and screamed, and screamed.

 

146 words

Yolanda Renée © 2015

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