Welcome to the one hundred and forty-fourth in this daily series that is ‘5pm Fiction’.
Late April 2011 I discovered http://StoryADay.org and the project that is to write 31 stories in 31 days. Anyone who knows me or follows this blog, knows how passionate I am about short stories so my clichéd eyes lit up at this new marvel. And just a few days later there I was, breathing life into new characters. This went on to become (with some editing of course) my 31-story collection eBook Story A Day May 2011.
I was nearing completion of the 2012 project when I decided that I didn’t want to stop at the end of May so 5PM Fiction was born. I put a load of prompts on the 5PM Fiction page and today’s was to write a dialogue about a burglary… in 100 words.
Rumbled
“Frankie!”
“What?”
“There’s someone downstairs.”
“Mmm?”
“Frankie, downstairs! I heard something.”
“Are you sure?”
“Of course I’m sure. I heard a loud noise, like a window breaking.”
“OK, stay there. I’ll go and have a look.”
“Shall I call the police?”
“Wait until we know for sure.”
“But what if…”
“It’s probably nothing.”
***
“Anyone…? Hello? Who’s there?”
“Hello Frankie. Sorry, did I startle you.”
“Gran? What you are doing down here?”
“I was thirsty.”
“Then why are you…? What’s that noise? Is there someone else here?”
“Er, it’s…”
“Gran, spill.”
“OK. Ernest. You can come out now. We’ve been rumbled.”
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Unfortunately, as I post an interview a day (amongst other things) I can’t review books but I have a feature called ‘Short Story Saturdays’ where I review stories of up to 2,500 words. Alternatively if you have a short story or self-contained novel extract / short chapter (ideally up to 1000 words) that you’d like critiqued and don’t mind me reading it / talking about and critiquing it (I send you the transcription afterwards so you can use the comments or ignore them) 
on my ‘Bailey’s Writing Tips’ podcast, then do email me. They are fortnightly episodes, usually released on Sundays, interweaving the recordings between the red pen sessions with the hints & tips episodes. I am now also looking for flash fiction (<1000 words) for Flash Fiction Fridays and poetry for Post-weekend Poetry.
Yvonne Hertzberger
October 25, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Third childhood? lol