Welcome to The Blogging from A-Z Challenge April 2014! This year, I’m offering up a story – each one 100 words or fewer - for each letter of the alphabet.
Some are heartfelt, poignant, sweet. Others are…not.
I hope you enjoy them.
Now, he laughs, chooses her tattoo – his name
down her back, mocking the spine she doesn’t have.
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INDELIBLE INK
She let him stain her on the inside.
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Wow. You packed a lot of punch in a short space. Very good!
ReplyDeleteDeb@ http://debioneille.blogspot.com
Whoa! Love this one! It is amazing how you are able to portray so much in so few words. I keep reading it and it seriously gives me chills. Well done.
ReplyDeleteDebi - thank you!
ReplyDeleteKristin - if the story gave you chills, then I did my job. :)
Oh this is very sad and pitiful!
ReplyDeleteOooo, really good one. So short but really snaps that point! Sad.
ReplyDeleteIncredible. So much is packed in those 25 words.
ReplyDelete- Kripali
(AJ's wHooligan)
Sumptuous Living
A2ZFiction
Julie, Phoenix, Kripali - I'm glad it was so effective for you all.
ReplyDeleteI flipping love it!!!!
ReplyDeleteHoly crap. That was powerful. Great job.
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Story Dam
Patricia Lynne, YA Author
Holy cow, woman! How do you do it? That was amazing.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth, Patricia, Crystal - you all are making me blush. Thank you for your kind words. :)
ReplyDeleteYou amaze me how you can pack so much punch in so few words.
ReplyDeleteThat one pierces. Wow!
ReplyDeleteThat packs a wallop! Short and hard. Well done.
ReplyDeleteSophie
Sophie's Thoughts & Fumbles - A to Z Ghosts
Fantasy Boys XXX - A to Z Drabblerotic
Donna, Alex, Sophie - thank you all so much!
ReplyDeleteHer fragility and his cruelty: what a statement in so few words.
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ReplyDeleteOh, great sound bite. Could be a movie.
ReplyDeleteFor just a few words, they sure do pack a punch.
ReplyDeleteStefani @ Dreams of Nyssa
So much packed into a few words...
ReplyDeleteYou're really good at these!
Susan K - I like your thoughts about her fragility and his cruelty.
ReplyDeleteSusan, Stefani, Michelle - thank you! I appreciate you reading and commenting.
Visiting on the 10th day of the #atozchallenge. Learning interesting new things on this blog hop day. Congratulations on a well presented blog/theme. If you have time or interest, I am writing about gardening and related topics this month. Come and visit.
ReplyDeleteew! I want to pull her out of this, and punch him. . . . you definitely evoked some emotion with this one.
ReplyDeleteThis one packs a big punch. You say so much in just a few words.
ReplyDeleteStepheny - I'm finding all sorts of interesting blogs and bloggers through the Challenge, too.
ReplyDeleteTyrean - good! :)
Patricia - thank you!
FFS, Madeline! My goodness. Terrific stuff.
ReplyDeleteI found you from the A-Z challenge. As someone who always writes too much, I admire (and identify with) so many of your story lines. What impact.
ReplyDeleteScribbler - thank you!
ReplyDeleteStrahlen - thanks so much for stopping by. I usually have to trim these stories way down but that's how I find the heart of them.
Oh my, what a punch you packed in that one!!!
ReplyDeleteDonna B. McNicol
A to Z Participant
Donna - thanks!
ReplyDeleteThat first line is utterly brilliant.
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