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First Sale: 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 David Stewart

Photo copyright David Stewart

First Sale

Forcing open the rusted gate, Tim looked forlornly at the property. The older couple behind him bought it sight unseen. It was his first sale as a real estate agent and he just knew they would demand that the transaction be nullified.

The man snorted. The woman giggled. Within seconds, they were laughing so hard they cried. Older, but not so old they couldn’t swing the sledgehammers in the trunk to uncover the buried cash from the robbery all those years ago. They could see the patio base that covered their treasure was undisturbed.

Old people are weird, Tim decided.
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Decision Point: Fiction Friday

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Friday Fictioneer challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Photo copyright Jennifer Pendergast

Photo copyright Jennifer Pendergast

Decision Point

MaryLou sat in the canoe doing the Zen thing and visualizing herself out on the lake: calm, strong, and sure of her destination. Back in the cabin, her friends were sleeping off the previous night’s alcoholic indulgences. She wondered why they had come if they had no intentions of ever going outdoors.

She looked at the stone trail marker. It wasn’t telling her which way to go, only that she had a choice. A decision point. How many had she disregarded in her life?

Easing herself into the bottom of the canoe, MaryLou stretched out, deciding to take a nap.
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First Chair: 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 Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

Photo copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

First Chair

Graziella opened the windows, her gnarled hands aching with the effort. Each morning her downstairs neighbor practiced the violin. Upstairs, Graziella listened as much with her heart as with her ears.

Sitting under the open window, she held her old violin and bow motionless in her lap. With eyes closed, she remembered the Vienna State Opera, just after the war. Life was hard, so very hard. Music helped them heal.

She could still hear the conductor’s tap tap tap. On cue, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra began to play as one musical, magical creature, when hers was the First Chair Violin.
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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.

The Grand Opening: Fiction Friday

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

Copyright Kent Bonham

The Grand Opening

“Excuse me!” Stacy kept her head down as she pushed through the crowd. She just had to be at the store’s grand opening. If only this had been winter, she could have hidden under a coat and hat until she got inside. Soon she’d be around people of her own kind, with similar interests, and they could talk without anyone gawking.

She stepped into the shop. In a moment lasting forever, she saw everyone stop talking, turning to look at her. Stacy blushed as red as the Star Trek uniform she wore.

“Trak, not Trek? Not a Star Trek store?”
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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.

The Latest Technology: Fiction Friday

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Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

Copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

The Latest Technology

“They’re coming!” Tommy warned.

“Just one more,” Mike said. “Hold the ladder while I get down.”

Mike and Tommy scampered away, lugging the ladder out of sight. They could hear their father approaching, a handful of friends in tow.

“Electricity is the latest technology,” Alexander explained. “No need for candles or kerosene. Lights up an entire room.”

As the group gathered in the foyer, Alexander flicked the light switch. Everyone looked up – and saw four forlorn-looking kittens on the light fixture, each illuminated by the light bulb next to it.

The kittens looked even more astonished than the men. “Meow.”
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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.