Sunday 5 November 2017

A story for bonfire night

Some time ago I wrote a 100-word story for a competition organised by writer Morgen Bailey. If you're not familiar with her, I strongly recommend you pop over to her website here. In fact, if you visit today (5th November) you can download one of her books free of charge. Anyway, my little story was highly commended, so I won one of Morgen's online courses. Since it was on the theme of fireworks, it seems appropriate to share it today:


KAMURO*

She clutched his hand beneath the canopy of colour and light, as the explosions illuminated families and friends, and other couples just like them, their gasps visible in the autumn chill. They felt the energy poised to be released, hanging in the air and eager to be tasted and absorbed. Then at last it exploded in unexpected and delightful ways. The next morning, the damp grass was littered with debris where expectation had come down to earth. She picked her way through the empty tubes and fallen rockets, avoiding soot and scorch marks, reminders of last night’s anticipation now spent.

*A type of firework. An effect that hangs and trails in the air not unlike a willow, often strobing or twinkling. Commonly used in finale sequences to fill the sky with long-lasting effects that often persist to near ground level.

8 comments:

  1. Really good story, how do you manage to get so much detail and feeling into 100 words.

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    1. Thank you. I love the challenge of a tight wordcount.

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  2. Lovely short piece, Julia, and so atmospheric!

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  3. Ooh, you've made me wonder what happened as the bonfire turned to ash.

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    1. Feel free to make up your own ending, Patsy. ;-)

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  4. I really like the way you write Julia, you are very talented!

    Writing is my passion, I just love to write short stories, poems, and haiku poems but, when I do, it's usually late at night into the early morning hours by candlelight when all around is nice and quiet.

    If you'd like to follow my blog as well, just click on my name and I'll see you there.

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    1. Thank you, Lon. I shall hop over to your blog.

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