99 word prompt : strawberries and mint
May 30, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes strawberries and mint. The combination evokes color contrast, scents, and taste. Where will the combination take you? Go where the prompt leads!
If you want to participate, here’s the link: https://carrotranch.com/2019/05/30/may-30-flash-fiction-challenge
I remember the day he asked, “Wanna dance?”
I couldn’t say no to those intense brown eyes and six feet of sexy man.
My Roman nose made a platform for glasses so thick they’d never fall off my face, and I hated the space between my teeth. I was wearing a horrible dress with a strawberry and mint design that my mother made.
One glorious night ended in a police raid. I’m pregnant by a serial killer who never got to use the nightmares under his bed.
They say I’m lucky to be alive. I hate strawberries and mint.
Very dramatic story
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After I wrote it, I felt so sorry for her.
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I did too.
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Wow, this packs a punch
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What if the one good moment of your life was the fact that you avoided a horrible death, and then had a constant reminder of that day? Life isn’t fair — but there seems to be more fairness for some than for others.
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You couldn’t think of a happier strawberries and mint story? At least, you lived!
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It came to mind when I thought of strawberries and mint together.
The character lived. I don’t know if I ever met a serial killer. Who knows the people we pass in the street.
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Whoa, I got shivers. What an episode to survive, and how unsettled this character must have been. Yes, I can see why she’d hate the combination of the reminder of that near-death.
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Thanks. 🙂
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