Thank you @mariannewest for another fabulous #freewrite challenge, today's prompt is California
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This follows on from yesterday's freewrite "Jelly". If you missed it read it here!
"Have fun, darling," she said, and waltzed off to annoy someone else.
Mike edged past some people who were looking at what looked like broken crockery sitting on the neatly mowed lawn, and headed for the house. He had always wanted to know if their taste in interior decoration was as bad as he imagined. It was.
Garish seemed to have been invented just for them. Bright colours that clashed with each other, patterns, stripes, dots.
He had a headache, already.
He was about to leave when he noticed a bookcase.
"All books free to those who want them," read the sign.
Mike loved books. He scanned the titles. Most of them seemed to be really bad romance books, or "How to be a millionaire" books.
A title caught his eye "California: a novel". No author. Intrigued, Mike picked it up. The cover was plain, which was pleasing. There was no blurb on the back, which was not. He flicked open the book and began to read the first page.
"Anything caught your eye, there sport..?"
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Very short stories (stories told in exactly 50 words)
“Believe in Yourself”
A man in a homemade spacecraft in search of a mythical bridge
@felt.buzz/believe-in-yourself-an-original-science-fiction-story-told-in-fiftywords-for-365daysofwriting-and-fiftywords-challenge
“Love Will Defeat Hate”
Forbidden love.
@felt.buzz/love-will-defeat-hate-an-original-fictional-love-story-in-fiftywords-for-the-365daysofwriting-challenge
“Stranded”
Stuck on an island. Can Bill escape, alive?
@felt.buzz/stranded-an-original-fictional-story-told-in-exactly-fiftywords
"Van Diemen's Land"
Crime does pay… if you wanted a one way ticket down under
@felt.buzz/van-diemen-s-land-an-original-fictions-story-told-in-fiftywords
Some more of my short stories
“The Hunt”
Sci-fi: Sam is off to bag some Uglies. Horrible pests they are…
@felt.buzz/the-hunt-an-original-work-of-fiction-for-the-365daysofwriting-challenge
“The Secret”
He has a secret. It runs in the family
@felt.buzz/the-secret-an-original-work-of-fiction-for-the-weekendfreewrite-challenge
“Trouble”
He loves his wife. But he might have forgotten something…
@felt.buzz/trouble-an-original-work-of-fiction-for-the-365daysofwriting
“The Restless Wandering Shade”
A ghostly tale
@felt.buzz/the-restless-wandering-shade-an-original-fictional-horror-story-based-on-fireawaymarmot-s-song-of-the-same-name
Some big news for me! One of my steemit stories (Reunion - told in 8 parts last month) has been selected to appear in the Isle of Write Anthology (see this post @isleofwrite/isle-of-write-fiction-publication-week-1-roundup). I am so excited to be a part of this. Please pay them a visit and check out the other stories that have been selected too. You too can be curated: so read the post and find out how!
