One Hundred Word Challenge - Ditch

The prompt for this week's flash fiction over at Velvet Verbosity is ditch. The task was to write one hundred words inspired by that word. Here's my go...

Pursuit

He sprinted down the crowded city street. Someone had talked. And now they were after him.

He dove sharply left, into a narrow alley. Dropped to one knee at its opening.

Less than a minute passed before a dark figure raced by the alley, immediately followed by a second.

As he looked a heavy hand dropped with the terrible weight of all the world upon his thin shoulder. A winded voice exhaled one chilling word.

"Gotcha."

The boy looked up into the red face of the truancy officer.

Ditching school was not the adventure he had hoped it to be.

My Piece Wins an Award!

My writing piece that is, not my handgun.

And not my...well...anyway...moving on...

The "inventor of Geeky-Sexy" over at Velvet Verbosity runs a weekly contest where eager wordsmiths write a flash piece of a hundred words inspired by a one word prompt that she supplies.

One Hundred Word Challenge - Failed

The Collector

Solid footfalls stopping outside the hotel room door. A shadow blocking the light from the weak hallway bulb. My whiskey soaked breath making me sick. ESPN on the cheap TV, replaying the final highlights of the game again and again.

Showing the buzzer beater. The impossible shot. The one chance in a million.

The money.

Gone.

A single knock at the door. No need to ask who it is. No strength in my legs to open it.

No matter.


A rustle of clothing. A soft click as the safety is switched from on to off.

It will all be over soon.

The challenge? Take a single word each week, handed out by Velvet Verbosity, and create a 100 word piece of flash fiction. It is a lot of fun. Join in if you are up for it (it's not as easy as it sounds!)