Flash Fiction Challenge
Mondays Finish the Story is a flash fiction challenge by Barbara W. Beacham. The story requires 100-150 words. Here is my short story for this week’s prompt based on the first sentence below and the picture.
The Nightshade Escape JK.Leahy Short Story©
“The team employed the use of Nightshade to get the information they wanted from their captive.”
Viola smiled to herself as she finished the paper and her coffee. “Nightshade”, her ‘weapon’ was right next-door, she thought. All this time, her plan to make his death appear subtle, wasn’t working.
Wearing her garden hat Viola strolled to her neighbour’s yard, pretending to tidy her garden beds. Her blood roses were peeking at her, but she won’t pick them today, the day was fading fast and in a few hours, Greg arrives.
Crouching, she reached through the fence and cut a few shoots and flowers off her neighbour’s nightshades. A dog barked loudly and so close that Viola leaped, dropping her hat and all the cuttings. She ran back into her house. Shaken, she watched the large doberman sniffing where she sat, seconds ago.
Oh well, if that dog is going to guard the damn nightshade – the rat poison will have to do, she decided.
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Reblogged this on Notes from An Alien and commented:
Very short and very not sweet story in today’s re-blog………
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Thank you so much Alex. I hope you are well.
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Horrible way to go, no matter her choice. Hope she makes wiser choices. Well done!
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LOL… love the ending… poor thing… she’s tired of waiting. Great story!!!
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LOL – she has had enough for sure. Thank you for reading.
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So glad she had a plan B, does that make me a bad person? Great writing.
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Hi Leahy….your short stories always develop into an unresolved peak and with time, you would have a book containing all these stories and their “endings”.
These would make for an interesting read.
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Thank you very much Kah Wah. I didn’t think of that – nice suggestion! I hope you are still enjoying what is there.
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An unexpected ending, and clearly she has had issues with the dog before! Nicely done Joycelin! Thanks for another contribution to the MFtS challenge, and be well…. ^..^
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Thank you very much. I’m glad you liked it.
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I truly did!
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Hahaha! I would certainly run too! Loved your story!
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Thank you very much PJ. I will be over to read yours soon.
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