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Time and Space

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The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Photo copyright Emmy L Gant

Photo copyright Emmy L Gant

Time and Space

In the interest of time and space
Let’s erase the line between dark and light
Join yesterday and tomorrow, calling it Today

The sky begins at our feet
But who remembers that we live with the clouds?

Rooftops and walls keep in as much
Or more
As they keep out

Nothing is only black and white
Even that which is black and white
Especially that which is black and white

Light obscures as much as darkness
Shadows reveal more than the bright sun
Seeing is a learned response
But who knows where to look?

Time and space creep ever forward
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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.

Everything In Its Place: Fiction Friday

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The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Photo copyright Sean Fallon

Photo copyright Sean Fallon

Everything In Its Place

“Why are you saving those? Didn’t you replace them because they were dead?”

“They still have a little power left. Maybe they will be good for something else.”

“Stop! Don’t put them back in the container with the new ones. That’s not where they belong.”

“I’m not getting rid of them!”

Susie sighed, knowing she could never convince Don to get rid of the dead batteries. She decided on the next best thing: a place of their own. She gave him a jar to store the batteries in and let him fill it to his heart’s content. Everyone was happy.
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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.



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Note: I’d like to say that this is fiction, but at my house, this is a true story. I didn’t think about the jar idea until seeing the photo prompt, so now it’s on my shopping list. Everyone will be happy!

A Journey: Fiction Friday

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The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Photo copyright Al Forbes

Photo copyright Al Forbes

A Journey

You either knew or you didn’t, Jordan thought. Anyone asking him a question starting with “Why do you …?” usually didn’t understand his answer. How do you explain passion to someone who lacks it? It is invisible to them, even when right in front of their eyes.

He earned his living as a mechanic, classic cars his specialty. He loved the freedom to follow the road, to go when and where he wanted. His prized possessions in tow, Jordan merged onto the highway. Something just over the next hill was always beckoning. He enjoyed life as a journey, not a destination.
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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.

Two of a Kind: Fiction Friday

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The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Photo copyright Sandra Crook

Photo copyright Sandra Crook

Two of a Kind

Grant saw the dragonfly disappear through the hourglass ring. As a test, he tossed his baseball through. It also vanished. He continued to fling objects through: shoes, toys, erasers, spoons, bolts, toothbrushes, coins. Nothing ever dropped to the ground on the far side.

Tkrnkeee, on the planet Oringjinno, was mystified to find foreign objects appearing through the hourglass ring in his garden. He returned the favor by throwing small items through from his side, fascinated when they disappeared.

As galaxy-spanning pen pals, they sent bits and baubles to each other instead of letters, happily passing their years in distant camaraderie.
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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.

Just Like They Said: Fiction Friday

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The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Photo copyright Erin Leary

Photo copyright Erin Leary

Just Like They Said

It was an old wives’ tale; something grandmothers told children to scare them when they were misbehaving. That’s what they said.

The pier hadn’t been there yesterday. This morning it reached out to the middle of the lake. An omen, they said, of an untimely death, a broken heart, lives undone.

The constable at Irene’s door surprised her; his news shocked her. Her son, an accident during the school field trip. Nothing they could do.

She dove off the pier, never to resurface. In the morning, all the water lilies would be blooming, the pier gone.  Just like they said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.