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Flash Fiction – Flakes Of Life

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October 31, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story using the word or idea, flakes. What or who is a flake? Is there tension or phenomenon that is creating flakes? Can flakes be massive or minute? Go to your flakiest memories for living images to play with. Go where the prompt leads!

Flakes Of Life – by Hugh W. Roberts

Flakes of frosty dread drifted through the old, abandoned house I’d taken shelter in. They weren’t ordinary flakes but echoes of lost souls.

I heard tales whispered by those who’d glimpsed the spectral dance, telling me the flakes carried memories of those who perished here, trapped between two worlds.

Icy fingers brushed my skin as the flakes swirled. The past and present merged in an eerie waltz, unveiling secrets and sorrows long ago buried.

I closed my eyes and joined them.

For those who entered after me, the house held chilling promises of both revelation and haunting, forever entwined.

Written for the 99-word flash fiction challenge hosted by Charli Mills at the Carrot Ranch.

Photo by Chrysostomos Galathris on Pexels.com

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22 responses to “Flash Fiction – Flakes Of Life”

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  2. D. Avery @shiftnshake avatar
    D. Avery @shiftnshake

    Flakes of frosty dread… cool. From beginning to end. I like too the “chilling promises of both revelation and haunting”

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thanks, D.

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  3. Eileen avatar
    Eileen

    I enjoyed that, you packed a lot into so few words. Have you changed you WordPress status? I wanted to read your latest post – Have You Discovered These Two New Excellent WordPress Features? And Where Have Reusable Blocks Gone? – but I can’t as it says “You’re currently a free subscriber. Upgrade your subscription to get access to the rest of this post and other paid-subscriber only content.” Is this now a default on your blog? If so, I’m afraid I won’t be reading any further posts. Sorry.

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thanks for telling me about that, Eileen. I checked the settings of the post and noticed that I had selected ‘Subscribers only’ instead of ‘Everyone.’ I’ve changed it now. Can you check that you have access to it now?

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      1. Eileen avatar
        Eileen

        Hi Hugh, yes I can read it now. Thanks

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        1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
          Hugh W. Roberts

          You’re welcome. And thank you for alerting me to the error.

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  4. Forestwood avatar
    Forestwood

    The past and present merged in an eerie waltz! Great imagery!

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thank you. That’s how I have always referred to snowflakes.

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  5. Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com avatar
    Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com

    Lovely piece of writing, Hugh. You got so much into 99 words.

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thank you, Janis. I’m glad you think so. I do love writing flash fiction.

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  6. noelleg44 avatar
    noelleg44

    Great take! Made me think!

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thank you. When somebody tells me a piece of my flash fiction made them think, that tells me I did the job.

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  7. willowdot21 avatar
    willowdot21

    I do like this Hugh 💜💜💜

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thanks, Willow.

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  8. Nicole Horlings avatar
    Nicole Horlings

    I love the haunting tone of this piece.

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thank you, Nicole.

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  9. a-zend-life avatar
    a-zend-life

    Wow Hugh! This was an incredible read! I love how you metaphorically used the flakes as souls! Very creative !

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    1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
      Hugh W. Roberts

      Thank you so much. My mind went deep when drafting this piece of flash. I pictured myself in the old, abandoned house with strips of daylight coming in that reflected flakes of dust dancing around.

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      1. a-zend-life avatar
        a-zend-life

        That’s where it begins! I do this as well when I write then it is just a matter of putting the words down on the paper that describes it. However, the eloquence of this piece is so well done I could close my eyes and see what you wrote and I don’t always get that from reading!

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        1. Hugh W. Roberts avatar
          Hugh W. Roberts

          That’s lovely, thank you so much. Sometimes, you’ll find yourself in exactly the right place at the right time to write.

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  10. beth avatar
    beth

    Beautiful

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