Once upon a time
there was a love
that did not live
happily ever after.
Ever after
7 years ago by flashfiction (57)
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You and these micro episodes, what events triggered today's own?
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Well, i've already got +2,000 micro stories ready to share, so... :)
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Oh my, I need to wear my seat belt and buckle in then....
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Reminds me of something Ernest Hemingway would have written. Who also said "When two people love each other there can be no happy ending to it". I'm thinking he means they either separate or one of them dies. Depressing but true.
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One of the many reasons i love Hemingway. :)
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And there are a lot of those love stories, that were thought to last, but ended sadly, and became stories of the past.
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A great comment! So accurate! Thank you!
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You're so nice for commenting on this post. For that, I gave you a vote! I just ask for a Follow in return!
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I love that this is short, but I want to know what happened? Perhaps in another post or posts? :).
If the purpose of these shorts is to provoke thought, it works. But I'd like to know from your perspective what you were thinking of when you wrote this.
Maybe Part 2?:
What happens next :)
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That second part is SO great! Is your imagination building your own story! That's what i love about these little things.
What was i thinking when i wrote this? A story about a passionate love that could not be fullfilled. A love that could not beat the odds, even if it was a real love. The kind of love that stays with you for life, and sometimes you can't help but wonder "what if..."
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Sounds like a haiku ! :D
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Pretty much alike! :) Thank you for your comment!
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@flashfiction Funny and super short. Reminds me of a vibe I saw
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Thank you for your comment! :)
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Interesting short - there is a Black Mirror episode from the most recent season which reminds me of this exact short. Thanks
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I have to check out the new season of Black Mirror ASAP! Thnk you!
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As flash fiction goes it does an excellent job of using very few words to set up some context, tell a story, and have a definite ending, but the ending was a little ambiguous.
Did the love end (death of the love or not meeting the ever after part) did one or more of the parties involved in the love cease to exist (did not live) or did they continue to love but just have an unhappy "ever after" due to an ending of some other sort?
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Actually, i left some micro stories ambiguous on purpose, like this one. Some other are "closed", with a very clear beginning and end. Or they describe a scene on a misterious context.
These kind of ambiguous micros are basically frames for your imagination to build the whole thing. What does you imagination tell you? Is it a story about two lovers that stay together, even if their love is long gone? Is it a story about a passionate love that could not be fullfilled? Is it a story about a love that could be great, but did not begin on the first place?
Like this one, from master Ernest Hemingway (Maybe).
"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
This is an intense, sad basic frame. What story does your imagination build from it?
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