99-word stories for Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch; August 1, 2022, prompt: Write a story that features someplace remote in 99 words (no more, no less). It can be a wild sort of terrain or the distance between people. What is the impact of a remote place? Go where the prompt leads!
Dressed as an old peddler woman, I scrutinise everyone that gets off the small passenger ferry. No strangers today; only a few locals returning from work on the mainland. No city folk looking to escape from civilisation. And no uniforms looking for me.
I stroll along the shore, watching two puffins floating lazily on a crestless wave—in tune with Island life. This is where I belong now. Not in that shit hole prison.
I’m not a killer. I’m a philanthropist.
‘Put me out of my misery,’ he begged as he lay in his sick bed. So I did!
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Love it 🥰 Xxx
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Hooked by the peddlers outfit, softened by the basking Puffins, … then shocked be the end. Exactly what the doctor ordered. Xx
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Thanks Ellen. 😃 x
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Wow – Gloria,
I didn’t see this ending coming, but you set such a great stage of interest.
So very well done!.
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Thanks Gary. 🙂
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How can one dislike a good deed doer? You painted a very vivid picture with just a small number of words and the unexpected ending was fun!
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Thanks Michael. It can be hard to do in just 99 words.
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I knew she was up to something… and hers is indeed an interesting case. May she continue to find peace in that place.
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Thank you D. Hopefully she will!
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This is well written & I really enjoy reading your blog posts. 😊
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Thank you, Carinne.
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