“Why do you languish all day entranced by stories from other people’s imagination? There is so much you could still do.”
She watches him scrutinizing her, his stale gaze judges.
“The journey is half of the battle. My war’s lost.”
Wrinkled fingers press the buttons. Screen-gleam and morphine dilutes meaning.
The end.
This is my entry into @jayna's 50 word short story contest. This awesome contest challenges you to write a piece of flash fiction exactly 50 words long. This forces the writer to edit and consider their story to find that perfect economy of words. It is a great creative exercise for any serious writer which I recommend to everyone, also a lot of fun as well 😉 The pictures used in this post are creative commons licence and were sourced from pixabay.com, please follow the links beneath the pictures to credit . If you have enjoyed reading this flash fiction, you can check out similar work on my homepage @raj808. Thank you.
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