Thanks to Georgia Koch for the lovely photo for our prompt this week and to our intrepid Captain Rochelle for navigating our good ship Friday Fictioneers through all kinds of seas.
(I love this photograph and am so grateful to Rochelle for using it as the re-run this week and I have posted my original story. At present my ship is a bit wobbly, due in part to OH not being well, but we will be back on course very soon).
Copyright – Georgia Koch
Genre: Fiction
Word Count:100
Weathering Our Storm
Will you come with me, to Venice?’
An invitation to the place where we began would once have sent my heart soaring. Dare I allow it to do so again?
‘I’ll think about it, if that’s alright?’
Oh, the care we take with one another. I couldn’t ride out the maelstrom of his affair. I had to scream it out, to hit back verbally against the waves of pain and sadness that engulfed and threatened to overpower me.
But somehow the storm abated, he chose to stay. How ambitious we are, how determined to keep our precious ship afloat.
‘Yes.’
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Love the way you’ve interpreted the prompt Dee.
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Thank you Louise, I really appreciate that.
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Courage is the ability to live a life of quiet desperation
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Life is an adventure and requires varying degrees of courage along the way. Infidelity has the ability to bring the strongest of people to their knees. Thanks for reading Neil.
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I was just writing (elsewhere) about an infidelity. You describe it well.
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Thank you Dawn, much appreciated.
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I think sometimes it’s worth to ride out the storm… sometimes we do it just for comfort… hopefully the choice is good.
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Yes, hoping you get to calmer waters, although knowing things will never be be same again. Thanks for reading Björn
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Dear Dee,
The backstory in her emotion fraught with metaphor and interspersed with the dialogue is nothing short of brilliant. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle
Thank you so much for your very kind comment, coming from you it is doubly appreciated.
Best wishes
Dee
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This is a beautiful story Dee. The line “oh the care we take with each other” is so true of that tentative rebuilding of something that once was, but might not be again. I loved this. Hope you’re feeling better soon, Dee.
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Thank you Sandra, so pleased you liked this. Infidelity destroys lots of relationships, some manage to rebuild although never recapture what has been lost.
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Powerful story, well written.
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Thank you Iain
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It takes a lot of work and determination to keep the ship afloat. Infidelity is a pretty big hole to patch. This is beautifully written and captures it well.
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Yes it does and for a lot of people it’s easier to call a lawyer and head to the divorce courts. I appreciate your comments as always Russell, thank you.
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are their names bill and hillary?
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Hi Rich, how are you? Lovely to hear from you, it’s been a while. I must admit Bill & Hillary weren’t on my mind when I wrote this…
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i don’t get “lovely” very often!
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😃
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I hope they both manage to put the storm behind them as they sail the calmer waters of Venice. I also hope your OH recovers quickly.
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Thank you your comments & good wishes Liz. He’s feeling better thank you.
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I love it that she chose to keep it afloat, inspite of the waves beating against it!
Great imagery of pain of betrayal!
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Thank you, they’re travelling hopefully.
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I hope Venice works, as well as your story.🙂
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Thank you Michael, much appreciated.
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This is wonderful, the unwillingness to let something go that has been built for so long, and the insecurity of hanging on just for old times’ sake comes through loud and clear. Maybe she can trust again, maybe if his regrets are true and it is the only affair.
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It is a huge gamble isn’t it, do you try again or cut the ties and move on? It would never work without forgiveness and I think she can forgive him. Thank you Gabriele for your thoughtful comments, always good to hear from you.
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Genuine love definitely bears, believes, hopes and endures all things. Very true. The emotions here are awesomely expressed. You saw a metaphor and ran with it.
Dee, always a pleasure to read your stories and gracious comments. Hope everything’s good on your end health wise and otherwise. Have a look at Rochelle and me on Youtube and see us performing a radio play for the writer’s conference! 🙂
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Huge thank you Kent, always lovely to hear from you. Will be heading over to YouTube to catch you and Rochelle 😀
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Enjoy … and let us know what you thought.
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Great seeing you both in the flesh so to speak, very enjoyable 👏👍
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Thanks!
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The hurt she has experienced is evident in your writing. I don’t know if a couple can ever truly recover from such betrayal.
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Thank you Clare. Not sure if they will truly recover, but for now they are willing to try.
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Sorry to bother you, but what exactly is flash fiction? Am new to WordPress (Wiltsher.wordpress.com) and am trying to find a new medium with which to write, do you have any recommendations?
Many thanks,
Julian Wiltsher
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Hi there, I belong to Friday Fictioneers a group of writers from a over the world who write a 100 word story in response to a photo prompt which is posted every Wednesday. The story has to have a beginning ,middle and end. You should check out Rochelle Wisoff-Fields,the lady in charge – her blog is here https://rochellewisoff.com/ you will see the Friday Fictioneers info there. Good luck, Dee
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Thank you! Shall do so!
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