It’s time to wow us with a bit of short fiction. Using only 100-250 words, flash us in the best possible way using this image as your guide.
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Mark A. Morris
10/19/2018 01:56:24 pm
The music was simple, but the rhythms were complex. She closed her eyes and she was soon far away, standing in a bar in Montevideo. She would be simply dressed, her skirt barely long enough to graze her thighs, with her bodice cut tight to her torso and a slash deep down her back. She would study the other dancers for a while, idly shifting her weight from one foot to the other, following each of the pairs as they cut and turned through the smoke. The surging of the rhythms would reach out to them all, the accordion-player’s gold-toothed grin widening as more and more of them stepped out onto the floor. Some of the women would leave their glasses on the tables, their rims lipstick-stained and sticky with wine, while most of the men would pinch out the black cigarillos they all favoured, tucking them quickly behind their ears. There’d be a nod and a look between each pair, and then they’d begin, both moving in close, the two of them sharing barely a word before they embraced.
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Sebastian Nox
10/19/2018 03:03:08 pm
Night calls.
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R.B. O’Brien
10/19/2018 03:37:09 pm
“You’ll know her by the shoes,” he said, his suit perfect, eyes as focused as they always were. “Trust me.”
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10/19/2018 04:22:30 pm
She stood in the shadows. All he could see of her were her high-heeled shoes. Or were they ankle boots? Very fashionable he was sure. Not that he knew anything about fashion. His wife never bought anything fashionable. She wore the same drab clothes summer or winter. Boring woman. This chick looked as though she might have a bit of spunk about her. Bound to be young, he surmised, with shoes like that. He was in the mood for a bit of excitement. He’d tell his wife he’d been out for drinks with the boys and forgot the time. No problem.
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J Molly B C
10/21/2018 11:27:38 am
Some called her the White Witch
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