This is my story for this week’s prompt for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, brought to us by Priceless Joy. Thanks once again Joy 🙂
“Is this it?” Sam stared at the grotty looking gazebo which stood in the middle of an overgrown suburban park. Layers of graffiti and pigeon shit covered its peeling walls, and its deck was littered with food wrappers, cigarette butts, other unmentionable detritus. “Looks like there’s been a fire”. Josh circled around to kick over a half burnt sign. “Yep. This is it alright”. He walked back over to Sam. “What do you think? Should we give it a try?”
She peered over the rotten steps. “I can’t believe we’ve come all this way for this dump.” She took a few steps forward, wrinkling her nose. “Screw it Josh. There’s no one around to see us making fools of ourselves if it doesn’t work. Lets go.” She took his hand and led him up the steps, as the building started to shake and spin around them. The illusion fell away, and an unseen voice greeted them. “Welcome to the Portal of Infinite Possibilities. Where in the multiverse would you like to go?”
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Great story! I loved the ending! Brilliant.
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Thankyou PJ! It felt great to have a moment to write again!
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You wrote an excellent story!
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Thankyou PJ 🙂
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Love your story! The descriptions are great and you have a really neat ending.
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Thanks Jessie 🙂 I haven’t written for a while so felt a bit rusty this week- glad you enjoyed the end result!
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Now…where do they go? I can’t imagine. The possibilities are infinite!
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indeed! thanks for visiting Dawn 🙂
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That would make a great start to a children’s novel, title and all! Extra marks for use of the word “grotty” 🙂
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thankyou! in that case I will file it away into the burgeoning folder of story ideas yet to see more than an occasional glimmer of light :p (will probably also need to rephrase the term “pigeon shit” to something a bit more PC..)
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Heh heh, yeah 🙂
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Good story 😀 I want more indeed!
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thankyou Lily – glad you liked it!
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That was definitely a surprise ending, Az. 🙂 The ‘Portal of Infinite Possibilities’ sounds fascinating and you have set the story up well for a continuation. Who would have thought that a place as ‘grotty’ as that gazebo could be the doorway to such possibilities…? Well done! 😀
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thanks Millie! I didn’t really know where to take this story, so it took me on a journey instead 😛
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I’m glad your like brought me here to your blog. I enjoyed the story and look forward to more. Maybe through your blog I might find a weekly contest that one of my stories will be good for 🙂
Keep up the good work, I look forward to following. If you like flash fiction written around digital photography I hope you’ll follow back 🙂
Thanks again.
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thankyou Eric, how lovely of you to say so! If you’re looking for suggestions, I follow the Monday’s Finish the Story, and Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, both of which are a great way to get writing, and have a fantastic community of regulars to help keep you motivated. Looking forward to seeing you there, and thanks once again for the follow! 🙂
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Hahaha,you got me! I wasn’t expecting the portal of infinite possibilities :D. A really different take on the prompt and it’s great.
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Thanks Ameena, glad you liked it 🙂
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Enjoyed the story.
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thankyou! and thanks for reading 🙂
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My pleasure.
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