Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Hint fiction: 25 words or less that hint at a larger, more complex story

It is my first time joining a blog chain with the fellow bloggers from Absolute Write. This month’s task is to write a piece of hint fiction, a story of 25 words or less that hints at a larger, more complex story.  Here's my attempt:
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The helicopter plunged over the jungle. Mathilde chuckled: Daddy allowed only melted ice cream. How drôle.
"She's ninety, but she'll make it,” the nurses said.
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One reason for blog chains is to discover other blogs, so here's a list of all the other participants.

9 comments:

  1. How drole indeed. That's a nice little thought-provoking piece of hint fiction. I was getting a Mosquito Coast meets The Notebook vibe from it. I like it!

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  2. Wow... I'm just blown away with all these flash fiction hints. They're really, really good. Thanks.

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  3. It has been a fun blog chain! Thanks for stopping by.

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  4. Oh, why there's a whole world behind this one. Very interesting.

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  5. This is such a cool idea, loved your story :)

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  6. Wow - that's a lot of possibilities spurred by 25 little words. Well done!

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  7. Well done! So hard to put an entire story into so few words!

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  8. Well done and it has been a fun chain ;o)

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