In this time of lockdown, I am trying to keep busy with some things I can do at home. Recently I have been working on some short fiction. There are a number of sites that publish very short fiction but the one I have settled on for now is Friday Flash Fiction based in Edinburgh. It takes stories of 75-100 words. It does have a category for stories up to 500 words and for poems but I am concentrating on the 100 words stories. It's bit like writing poetry hence the title for this post. I am aiming for one a week as they publish every Friday. Here is one I submitted a little while ago.
"Country Living
Here was John’s chance to get out of the city. His boss was making distance work permanent.
John’s budget was limited but the small town had very affordable housing prices. He bought a quaint older house and moved in.
All summer he fished in the nearby crystal clear lake. At night, the stars were spectacular. Every day he heard beautiful new bird songs. He even once saw a bear. He made new friends and hosted relaxing beer-infused barbecues. It was fantastic.
On October 15th winter began with ten inches of snow. John sold his house on November 30th."
I had commenters from Australia who totally didn't get it but I think anyone from a northern clime will have met a John or two.
I hope you are finding ways to keep busy at home.
Keep well.
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