Friday Fictioneers is hosted by the wonderful Rochelle, the undisputed master of what I call Sound Bite Fiction.
She sets the weekly challenge, and the standard.
This week’s thought-provoking image comes courtesy of the peerless Sandra Crook.
The idea, as always, is to write a story of around 100 words based on this picture, below.
© Sandra Crook
Click here to hear the writer read his words:
The prom, prom, prom
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…
Don’t start!
What? Don’t you like my singing?
Nobody likes that ghastly noise you emit.
But that photo by the fabulous Ms Crook makes me think of the beach.
It’s not Sandra’s fault you sing like a strangled aardvark.
Oh I do …
I have a gun.
Why?
I am always armed on this blog.
Sometimes you scare me.
Good.
So if I can’t sing …
Be quiet while I get to the point.
There’s a point?
What do you smell when you look at the photo?
Sea air?
Thank you.
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And to hear more of that execrable song: