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| "The Sound of Forgetting"* |
My 50-word bit of micro-flash-fiction "The Sound of Forgetting" has been published at Fifty-Word Stories.
I invite you to check it out by clicking on the link: "The Sound of Forgetting" By Chris J. Fries.
For anyone who may not know, a 50-word story is a bit of micro-flash fiction using exactly 50 words. I find it a fun challenge to my normal long-winded writing style to pare a "story" down to only 50 words. The website is run by Tim Sevenhuysen and I've been lucky enough to have had a few stories published there before.
And as a side note -- Tim is currently seeking submissions of 50-word stories for a Spring Story Contest. If you feel like writing some 50-word stories of your own, now is great time to give it a shot.
Thank you for reading my story -- I hope you enjoyed it!
*Image from Wikimedia Commons.
Congratulations, Chris! That is awesome.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Alex!
DeleteCongratulations. 50 words. That is a serious challenge!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Robin! It's kind of hard for me to be so concise,but it's a lot of fun.
DeleteCongratulations, that's fantastic! I don't know if I could write a story in only 50 words.
ReplyDeletethank you, Sarah! Give it a try -- you might find it's fun to do. :)
DeleteI have a friend who feels the presence of her deceased brother in the house and it brings her comfort. I hope I didn't misinterpret your story as this is what it so elegantly brought to mind for me.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy your 50-word pieces, Chris. Well done.
Thank you very much, Suze.
DeleteYou didn't misinterpret the story at all. Actually, I intentionally left it kind of ambiguous -- someone is gone, but I never say why. It might be they died, it might be they're on an extended trip (like on a military deployment), or it might be they left due to a relationship ending. It's up to the reader to decide what cause has the most resonance for them. I think most people think "old person who's died" because of the use of "old rocker" and "creak" and a cat. But it doesn't have to be. The feeling I was going for was a bittersweet mix of absence and fond memory, with a sense that "what was" with our loved ones is always still there in our hearts.
Hopefully I didn't over-analyze and explain away any of the magic, lol!
Hooray! You nailed the bittersweet mix you were going for. Nice job. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Nicki! I really appreciate that!
DeleteHey, congrats! I loved that story. I truly think that packing so much into mere 50 words is awe-inspiring. Congrats!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gina! I'm very happy that you enjoyed it!
DeleteBeautiful. There's a lot of depth in those 50 words. Congratulations!
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