The Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction prompt for December 17, 2020: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that features stilettos. Who will wear them and why? Go where the prompt leads!
Respond by December 22, 2020.
“Lizzie, are you ready for school? You better not be in my closet again, young lady. Besides, the bulb burned out, you can’t see anything.”
The eleven-year-old sighed. How did her mother always know what she was up to? All she wanted was to borrow her mom’s shoes to match her dress for picture day.
Lizzie stumbled in the darkness and stuffed the shoes in her book bag.
“See you tonight, Mom.”
At school, all eyes were on Lizzie wearing her mom’s black stilettos as she wobbled across the floor to take her place for the sixth-grade class picture.
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An avid reader, Colleen M. Chesebro rekindled her love of writing poetry after years spent working in the accounting industry. These days, she loves crafting syllabic poetry, flash fiction, and creative fiction and nonfiction.
In addition to poetry books, Chesebro’s publishing career includes participation in various anthologies featuring short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. She’s an avid supporter of her writing community on Word Craft Poetry.com by organizing and sponsoring a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called #TankaTuesday, where participants experiment with traditional and current forms of Japanese and American syllabic poetry.
Chesebro is an assistant editor of The Congress of the Rough Writers Flash Fiction Anthology & Gitty Up Press, a micro-press founded by Charli Mills and Carrot Ranch.
In January 2022, Colleen founded Unicorn Cats Publishing Services to assist poets and authors in creating eBooks and print books for publication. In addition, she creates affordable book covers for Kindle and print books.
Chesebro lives in the house of her dreams in mid-Michigan surrounded by the Great Lakes with her husband and two (unicorn) cats, Chloe & Sophie.
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14 thoughts on ““Mom’s Shoes,” #FlashFiction”
Realistic for sure, in too many ways this flash. Nicely done.
(Just wondering- how many syllables, these 99 words?)
Realistic for sure, in too many ways this flash. Nicely done.
(Just wondering- how many syllables, these 99 words?)
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Yes, 99 words. I used Word to compose and check. I hope I didn’t miscalculate. I’m trying to take breaks from packing. Anything is possible. 🤣🤦🏼♀️❤️
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Who doesn’t love a good shoe story? ❤
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LOL! I thought about you the whole time. I’ve never worn stilettos 👠 ever in my life. 🤣
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OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG what woman? Never? 🙂 xx
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I thought about you and your shoes!!
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LOLLLLLLLL ❤
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Oh, what a riot! That’s a great story, Colleen.
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LOL! Poor kid. Those stilettos are always more trouble than they’re worth. 🤣❤️
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I’m not a shoe collector. But I one time when I went to Italy I brought back some leather flats for a friend!
A fun read.
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I bet those shoes were nice. Italian leather? ❤
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🥿 Yup
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Nice! 😀
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