The Friday Fictioneer challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo prompt.

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Friday Fictioneer photo prompt. Copyright Randy Mazie

The Bookmark

Gasping, Tom wobbled onto the grass, the world around him whirling in streaks of green, blue, and white. He managed only a few more steps before dropping the book, falling face down onto it. No one noticed as he quit breathing. If Tom had taken the time to open the book while still in the library, he would have found the bookmark, the one he’d given his wife, Helen, as a souvenir from one of his trips, the one she forgot to remove when returning the book they were both so very interested in, titled: How to Poison Your Spouse.

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The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo prompt.

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Friday Fictioneer photo prompt. Copyright Claire Fuller

A week after his father died, Lou locked the shop for the last time. When they buried his father, they buried Lou’s plans to join his father’s business after graduation.

Ten years later, on the anniversary of his father’s death, Lou stood in front of the shop, remembering his shattered dreams. He said goodbye to the life he had planned as a teenager. He looked at his watch, a Gucci limited edition, as his limo pulled up behind him. Life, he learned, rarely offered only one possibility. Lou had kept dreaming. His smile was bittersweet as he entered the limo.
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Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo prompt.

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Friday Fictioneer photo prompt. Copyright Melanie Greenwood

Martin’s untied shoelace lodged in the escalator’s teeth, jerking his shoe off his foot as he tried to step off. As the safety alarm wailed, Martin wrested free his shoe and slinked away.

Five minutes later, he was stuck in traffic behind a broken down bus. He reached for his phone to call Randall, his major investor. Only, no phone was in Martin’s pocket.

He arrived at the bistro over an hour late, to an empty table. As Martin sat and wallowed in his bad luck, he heard a voice say: “Martin, I’m glad you’re still here. Sorry I’m late.”
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