Welcome to the flash fiction #steemitwritingprompt challenge!
For those of you familiar with Reddit's WritingPrompt subreddit, you're going to feel right at home. Otherwise, the rules are simple:
1) I will submit a writing prompt in the form of a simple story idea or premise.
2) You all will write stories based on the prompt and submit them as comments on this post.
3) We (the Steemit community) will upvote the best stories and on Steemit that means making money!
Even if you never write fiction, I encourage you to give it a try! It's a fantastic way to exercise your creative muscles, become a better story teller, and a more well rounded writer!
And I promise to read every response, so at the very least you have reader in me.
Today's Writing Prompt:
Precious Time Alone
It was cold. The rain beat off the roof, dripping off this and that on its way into the earth.
I looked up at the sky, the rain beating my eyes, but I didn't have a care in the world. This was the day I'd lived for.
The sun broke through for a moment. It's warmth giving me a glimpse of release, of a world beyond pain and pleasure.
The day before had been one of those days I relished, bathing in the warm sunlight, getting some work done on the roof, at a leisurely pace. The wife and kids out for a few hours, allowing me some quiet time to myself. Some solitude.
When the phone rang, I reached into my front pants pocket and fished it out, hitting the receive button and fumbling as it jumped out of my hand. My body responded before I knew what was happening, grasping for my precious link to all in the world. And I lost my balance.
"Hello? Hello!? Kyle, are you there? Listen, if you can hear me, you need to know, there's been an accident..."
I look up at the sky. The phone is ringing again. But I won't answer. I know. I know. There's been an accident.
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This is awesome! Way to kick things off @kendewitt !
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Thanks! I just kind of wrote it off the cuff. Am I allowed to edit?
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Of course!
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