It’s time for Friday Fictioneers, and this week we have a great photo prompt from Rochelle.
If you fancy having a go, take a look at the prompt, come up with a story approx 100 words in length and post it up.
I hope you enjoy mine, thanks for reading 🙂
PHOTO PROMPT © G.L. MacMillan.
The Shelf
‘You understand the conditions?’ He handed her the bottle. His knuckles jutting out like knots on a tree.
Julie nodded ‘He’ll get his in return?’
‘I’m a man of my word,’ he hissed.
Julie took a deep breath and recited the incantation.
‘Take my dreams, what lies ahead,
take my hopes for his instead.’
Gold mist filled the bottle and a heavy weight settled in the pit of her stomach.
The man placed it on a shelf alongside hundreds of others – all glowing with their own ethereal substance.
He handed her a green one and smiled. ‘I hope he’s worth it.’
101 words
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Excellent.
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Thank you 😀
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I love the possibilities of your story. If he is a lover, I suspect many of us would say :Think twice. But if it is about a child? That gives a completely different perspective.
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I never thought of it for a child, that would definitely change things. Thanks for reading.
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Mystical, mysterious. I’d love to know more.
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Thank you, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Oooh, magic and potions, enjoyed that. 🙂
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Thank you Edwina 😀 I love all that kind of stuff!
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Intriguing tale, well done.
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Thank you.
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I love a tale with magic and potions! Well done:-)
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Thank you for reading 😀
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An exchange of ethereal substances? A different way of going about it.
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Thanks Sandra.
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Excellently written. Not sure what actually happened but that’s a minor quibble 🙂
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Lol! Thank you. Yeah, this one’s a bit elusive…sorry.
Julie gives up her future dreams (ideal life), in exchange for the dreams of the man she loves.
He lost them in a bet and is now doomed to a life of working on the Jeremy Kyle show and eating Frosties out of the box…unless Julie can save him 😉
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Dear Cheryl,
Julie must love her man a lot to give up her own dreams. I wonder what her life will be like in twenty years. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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She discovered his dream was lame and got herself a dog 😉
Thanks for reading Rochelle
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What a scary thought. Would I do it for love, now, no, years ago, most likely. Foolish, foolish, foolish. But a lovely read!
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Glad you enjoyed it Yolanda. You’re not alone, I think most of us would have 🙂
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Ah young, foolish love. I, too, love a story with potions!
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You can’t beat a good potion!
Although I have a feeling she may need one to get her dreams back somewhere down the road 🙂
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Awesome story! Loved it!
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Really glad you liked it. Thanks for reading P.J. 🙂
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I want to know more – really interesting.
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Thank you – maybe I could do a follow up 🙂
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That’s taking love potions a lot further. I love it. We all know she’ll regret it eventually. I love the comments, too. 😀
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Sadly I think you’re right! Maybe I should write a follow up where she gets her revenge 😉
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Hooked me right in. Awesome flash fiction.
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Thanks so much Creatopath 🙂
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Selling her dreams? Well, at least that’s better than selling her soul… Good write.
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She’s saving that just in case she needs to get her own back later 😉 Thank you.
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Great story with potions and such. I liked it. 🙂
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Thanks Susan 🙂
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Nice take on the prompt
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There’s always a price to pay – especially for a magic potion. I hope he’s worth it, too. Fascinating story.
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Thanks Margaret, I think she may find the price a little too high 😀
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