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Push The Button #flashfiction

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June 10, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a new way to office. Has the office changed? Can we return to normal after big changes or time away? Go where the prompt leads!

Push The Button – by Hugh W. Roberts

Sitting on a cloud surrounded by harp-playing cherubs wasn’t quite the ‘new way to office’ Stella was expecting.

“Don’t push any of those extra buttons on your desk until I get back,” said her unique boss. “I’m off to get my beard trimmed.”

All but one button was marked. ‘Coronavirus, Heatwave, Flash-flooding.’ But what would the unmarked button do if pushed?

Not resisting temptation, Stella started slowly descending after pushing the unnamed button.

“Welcome back to your old office,” cackled a horned figure beset by fire. “The “Master said you wouldn’t last long working in those new office surroundings.”

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Written for the 99-word flash fiction challenge hosted by Charli Mills at the Carrot Ranch. Click here to join in.

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28 responses to “Push The Button #flashfiction”

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  2. Nicole Horlings avatar
    Nicole Horlings

    Ah, the irresistible button! Great story. I liked the different take that you had on the prompt.

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thank you, Nicole. I always try and think ‘out of the box’ when I tackle these challenges.

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  3. Michael B. Fishman avatar
    Michael B. Fishman

    Note to self: on that eventual day do NOT push any buttons without permission! Loved this one!

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thanks, Michael. Glad you enjoyed my take on the prompt.

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  4. Sadje avatar
    Sadje

    Haha! So good.

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thank you.

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      1. Sadje avatar
        Sadje

        You’re welcome

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  5. New Way to Office « Carrot Ranch Literary Community avatar
    New Way to Office « Carrot Ranch Literary Community

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  6. Charli Mills avatar
    Charli Mills

    Wickedly funny, Hugh! It’s so hard to resist curiosity.

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      It is, Charli. Sometimes, temptation takes complete control of us.

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  7. dgkaye avatar
    dgkaye

    Lol, I loved this! Straight to hell! :) xx

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      And never wants to leave ever again.

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      1. dgkaye avatar
        dgkaye

        Lol xx

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  8. Norah avatar
    Norah

    Oh dear. Stella didn’t remain a star for long. ‘They’ used to say ‘curiosity killed the cat’. Seems like it extinguishes the stars also.
    Good one, Hugh.

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thanks, Norah. I think Stella is back where she is happiest.

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      1. Norah avatar
        Norah

        Good luck to her then. :)

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  9. Liz H avatar
    Liz H

    “You had one job…ONE.”
    Test designed to get to the root of Stella’s temptation. Ha!!

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      I think she passed the test with flying colours.

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  10. Terri Webster Schrandt avatar
    Terri Webster Schrandt

    Now I’m curious as to what the button really was, other than the one-way ticket to hell, LOL, being grouped with such sources of disasters! A great response to the prompt but I think there is more to the story, Hugh! I’m getting cynical in my old age ;)

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      More? Well, I think Stella’s story ended here, Terri. I think she was tempted to see what the world was like again since she left it the first time. Now she’s back home where she really belongs and is at her happiness.

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  11. Geoff Stamper avatar
    Geoff Stamper

    You always lose when you fiddle with the forbidden fruit and buttons!

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      As Stella found out. But I think she’s back home, Geoff.

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  12. D. Wallace Peach avatar
    D. Wallace Peach

    I’ll bet she’s sorry about pushing that button now! A fun story, Hugh.

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      I’m sure she is, Diana. But I got a feeling she’s gone back to her old job – where she was much happier.

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  13. Liesbet @ Roaming About avatar
    Liesbet @ Roaming About

    Brilliant, Hugh! Curiosity kills the cat. Would you have pressed the button?

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thanks, Liesbet. Knowing my ‘will’ power, I would have waited and asked the boss. What about you?

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      1. Liesbet @ Roaming About avatar
        Liesbet @ Roaming About

        That’s a toughie… I am curious and love a bit of adventure. But, I’m not stupid. In this situation, I would have done the same as you. Ask the boss what the button was for. But, I have a feeling he would not reveal it. And then what? Sigh.

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