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HT100 Flashfiction Challenge #75 - Raise Hell

Jun 20, 2019 11:38

Title: Constant Companion
Prompt: Raise Hell
Main Character: Holly Beecher
Rating: PG
Word Count: 931
Summary: Holly has a plan, and she turns to an unlikely source for the strength and courage to carry it out.
Notes: I wrote the beginning of this story last October, and only recently dug it back out to finish it. In my notes, I have written "thank ( Read more... )

flashfic ch 075 raise hell, flashfiction, w: vanillalime

Comments 11

suespur June 20 2019, 16:24:38 UTC

Tell me this is just the first chapter!

vanillalime June 20 2019, 16:47:33 UTC

Don't give me ideas, Sue! I have too many ideas, and not enough time! :D

ETA: .... because I'm too busy scouring the internet for crazy rumors about Oz! LOL

suespur June 21 2019, 10:37:55 UTC

It's an awesome rumor though!

onlyone9 June 21 2019, 20:13:02 UTC

It does seem like the first chapter! ;)

Very well-writen and suspenseful.

Which rumor?...

BTW have you seen this?
https://www.vulture.com/article/best-hbo-shows-ever-ranked.html

I'm so happy that you keep on writing such interesting stuff!

Thread 5

cmk418 June 21 2019, 03:54:35 UTC

This was very entertaining. I like the easy camaraderie between Holly and Gary as if they really had grown up together, and the little family touchstones with their grandparents was nice.

I also like the little side note about Sean, as though she's almost as protective of him as she is of Toby.

Nice job with the prompt!

vanillalime June 22 2019, 15:52:33 UTC

Thank you! I really wanted the relationship between Holly and Gary to ring true, such as it is. LOL

It's funny, I have to keep reminding myself that the Sean-Holly relationship is only in my head, and not canon. I love the idea so much, it's second nature to me now.

mazephoenix June 21 2019, 07:47:38 UTC

Chilling and very nice. I would love more.

vanillalime June 22 2019, 15:55:18 UTC

Thanks, maze! It was the idea I originally had for Spook Me, before I decided to go in a different direction. I'm glad to know it would've worked for that.

drsquidlove June 21 2019, 10:27:36 UTC

Oh, nice!

I don't remember the conversation either, but I'm glad this came of it.

...hmm, I remember talking to someone about how over the years, Holly might come to know the guards - was that you? I feel like her being friends with Murphy was specifically mentioned. (Since I was involved, it probably was.)

Obviously, of course, I love Holly stories. And I love stories where she takes after Toby.

And giving us Ghostie!Gary is perfectly shameless of you.

I love Holly being a fearless criminal, ready to bump her dad out of jail. It sounds like he doesn't know it's happening, so damn, I wish we got to see his reaction to finding out his daughter would do this.

I have such a backlog of Oz-fic to read. This was lovely!

vanillalime June 22 2019, 16:18:35 UTC

drsquid! So nice to hear from you again! Thanks for your kind words!

You have a such talent for coming up with intriguing ideas that make me want stories for them. Maybe because we share similar interests? I'm pretty sure you're thinking of this Murphy story I once wrote in which he connects with Holly and Victoria while they're at Oz for visiting day. (Annnnd I see now that that story was also inspired by another comment of yours, so yes.)

It's nice to think of Holly as growing up to be a nice, well-adjusted woman despite the traumas from her childhood, but it's more FUN (to me) to envision her as a much more complex individual, battling those demons and maybe not always coming out the winner.

I wish we got to see his reaction to finding out his daughter would do this.

See, there you go again! :D