Thursday Thirteen: thirteen thirteen-word stories.
So, last week little_talks shared a Thursday Thirteen meme to her journal where the general idea is to pick a different topic each week and list thirteen things to do with it (thirteen favourite books, thirteen places you want to go, etc.). I thought it sounded pretty fun and was something I could use to break up the monotony of me talking about my mule the whole time. :P But then I decided it would be cool to make it a creative thing, so I'll be using Thursday Thirteen posts as prompts for writing, drawing, sculpting and photography. If anyone would like to join me, please do! :)
This week: Thirteen thirteen-word stories.
In order to tell a story in thirteen words so there has to be a lot of ambiguity, and although I feel I missed the mark on many (all?) of them, they were pretty fun to do. I had in mind the baby shoes story (the one that simply reads "For sale: baby shoes, never worn") as my basis. Also, sorry if the majority of these are a bit of a downer.
1. The cat saw everything, but did nothing; its paws needed cleaning, after all.
2. "Please," he said, as the wind whistled beneath them, "let the child go."
3. Finally, the culmination of six years of hard, bitter work: the last body.
4. As the world came to an end, the cat watched with wry amusement.
5. The TV had turned to static; he sat motionless, long into the night.
6. "Where are his records?" I asked, but the empty house no longer sang.
7. I'd made two cups of tea, but there was only one of me.
8. I stopped. Right turn only, the sign said. I hesitated, then turned left.
9. You asked if I was afraid, and laughed when I said I was.
10. "Light will always follow the darkness," she said, twisting the gold-plated ring.
11. She went to the cinema alone, dined alone, and said her goodbyes alone.
12. The parcel was addressed to me: a book, containing our favourite fairytales.
13. Her field is choked with thistles, and brambles block the paths we rode.
This week: Thirteen thirteen-word stories.
In order to tell a story in thirteen words so there has to be a lot of ambiguity, and although I feel I missed the mark on many (all?) of them, they were pretty fun to do. I had in mind the baby shoes story (the one that simply reads "For sale: baby shoes, never worn") as my basis. Also, sorry if the majority of these are a bit of a downer.
1. The cat saw everything, but did nothing; its paws needed cleaning, after all.
2. "Please," he said, as the wind whistled beneath them, "let the child go."
3. Finally, the culmination of six years of hard, bitter work: the last body.
4. As the world came to an end, the cat watched with wry amusement.
5. The TV had turned to static; he sat motionless, long into the night.
6. "Where are his records?" I asked, but the empty house no longer sang.
7. I'd made two cups of tea, but there was only one of me.
8. I stopped. Right turn only, the sign said. I hesitated, then turned left.
9. You asked if I was afraid, and laughed when I said I was.
10. "Light will always follow the darkness," she said, twisting the gold-plated ring.
11. She went to the cinema alone, dined alone, and said her goodbyes alone.
12. The parcel was addressed to me: a book, containing our favourite fairytales.
13. Her field is choked with thistles, and brambles block the paths we rode.