Sunday
Sunday Micro Fiction: An Omen or a Lark?
Once again, Richard Osgood at Zoetrope Virtual Studio’s “The Flash Factory” provides the prompt words for a fifty-word micro fiction piece:
Randall Brown
The wind wants to topple; the rain to drown; the snow to bury; the twister to turn my home into a whirlygig. The nor’easter awaits, a boogeyman. A lark, such thoughts, Harold says. A symptom of darker things. Each time, when Nature decides not to bid me adieu: an omen.
I’ve Still Got Something It Wantsomen
whirligig
adieu
lark
nor’easter
Randall Brown
The wind wants to topple; the rain to drown; the snow to bury; the twister to turn my home into a whirlygig. The nor’easter awaits, a boogeyman. A lark, such thoughts, Harold says. A symptom of darker things. Each time, when Nature decides not to bid me adieu: an omen.
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posted on 26 Aug 2010, 2:36 PM
Wow, very powerful, Randall. I love how you use punctuation in the opening sentence to create an up-funnel effect where what begins with wind builds to twister. Wonderful construction.
Hey, speaking of Harold: Remember 'Harold and the Purple Crayon'? One of my bestest favorite books as a child (me the child, not the book).
posted on 26 Aug 2010, 2:40 PM
Great book! Thanks for the comments, Rich O!