February 02, 2012

Curve Ball


Sometimes life throws you a curve ball before you can throw one back.

Everything arranged to perfection, the invites were out.
The surprise party, a celebration of our fifth anniversary.

Today he dropped a bomb, he is seeing someone and wants a divorce.

The report lay unopened on the dressing table, I was finally pregnant.

Submitted to Love in Creativity Project (flash Fiction)


P.S This post for BlueBell Books and the post for the I'll Tumble 4 Ya Blogfest  on feb 10 are the only exceptions to my break from blogging till around Feb 15 or 21.

19 comments:

Golden Eagle said...

Oh, I feel bad for the character. It doesn't sound like there's much happiness in store for her--at least in the near future.

Christine Rains said...

I felt my stomach drop as I read it.

Deniz Bevan said...

Oh my, for a moment I thought it was real, and was so frightened! The poor girl...

Misha Gerrick said...

Oh my word you should have mentioned that it's fiction. I almost had a heart attack!

radha said...

Thank god you mentioned the fiction part. I always find the limited word story has a lot more impact than a long drawn one

Blasphemous Aesthete said...

It was a bombing attack perhaps.

Nice.


Cheers,
Blasphemous Aesthete

nutschell said...

SOunds like its going to be a really sad (but extremely juicy story!) glad it's only fiction though. :)
Happy weekend!
Nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com

Agnes said...

Rek, I hope this post was pure fiction.

Shannon Lawrence said...

:( That is quite the gut-punch; well done.

Shannon at The Warrior Muse, co-host of the 2012 #atozchallenge! Twitter: @AprilA2Z

Anonymous said...

Wow, a curve ball indeed!

Miranda Hardy said...

Talk about curve ball. Ouch!

M Pax said...

Juicy story, Rek.

Lissa Clouser said...

Dropping by to say hello! I'm a fellow campaigner in your poetry group. LOVING the layout of your blog. Look forward to following you!

Unknown said...

Loved the history lesson. Also, thought each line made a great writing prompt.

Super Happy Jen said...

Fellow campaigner here. Nice flash fiction. That poor woman, planning while suffering morning sickness. That husband sounds like a jerk.

Sherri Lackey said...

Very evocative piece of flash fiction! I'm stopping by to say hi as I make my way through the scifi campaign list. Where did you get your lovely background for your blog? I imagine it is custom designed by you or someone else?

Hildred Billings said...

Heya! Stopping by to say hi from the campaign. Well, that certainly is a curve ball thrown up there if Ive ever seen one.

Jay Noel said...

Hi there. I'm a fellow campaigner. Love the look of your blog. I have about seven Waterhouse framed reprints all over the house. Actually, I have La Belle Dame Sans Merci right here next to me in the den!

Oh, and nice fan fiction. Depressing, but well done.

Elizena said...

Okay, now I'm good and mad and sad! Felt a whole gamut of feelings, mad, sad, hurt and disbelief, but betrayal was the worst. Good job with 55 words. Be blessed.

http://elizena-lovingmycreator.blogspot.com/2012/02/soul-song.html

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