I posted this piece of flash fiction over on Font and Frock last Saturday. I thought it would be fun to share here. Enjoy!
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“As I was saying, Miss, a small bed fits in that nook, and the case over there holds at least fifty books.”
“I’m not sure I want to live here! The windows are grubby…”
“They’ve been cleaned twice!”
“There are so many pinholes in the walls.”
“You won’t notice them without your glasses on.”
“But I need my glasses to see.”
“Then don’t stand so close. Isn’t that better already?”
“This flat is awfully large.”
“It’s big enough for three!”
“I’m single.”
“You’ll have room to grow!”
“The price is nice.”
“It’s the best! There’s nothing cheaper, roomier, or more salubrious in this neighborhood.”
“The floor is covered with dust. Great mounds of dust!”
“Keep the windows closed.”
“I need sufficient light and air.”
“Buy a broom.”
“I’m just not sure if this is the place for me.”
“It won’t be on the market long, not with its literary connections.”
“Literary connections?”
“Don’t you know? This cheap, this roomy, this salubrious flat is where Tom Chambers wrote Good Night Bassington!”
“You don’t say?”
“Indeed, I do! As I recall, his typewriter sat on a desk right over…”
“Perhaps this is the place for me after all? Yes, I’m sure I’ll like it here!”
The Miriam Hopkins Blogathon, which I co-hosted with Ruth of Silver Screenings, was a roaring success! If you’d like to learn more about this fabulous actress or her films, please follow the links to the daily post round-ups.
As many of you know, the blogathon coincided with the official launch of my new blog, Font and Frock. Our review of Miriam’s film Design for Living is a great introduction to the blog’s eccentric concept. Each film we review will be done in the same, four-part manner. One classic film=four segments, covering film, fashion, flash fiction, and feminism. Check out the links below to see it in action.
Design for Living: Part One-There’s Just Something About Miriam
Design for Living: Part Two-Gilda’s Tips for Dressing Like a Successful Commercial Artist
Design for Living: Part Three-“To Let: One Cheap, Roomy, Salubrious Flat”
Design for Living: Part Four-Not Your Average Rom Com Heroine
Thank you!
The following is my post for this week’s Weekly Writing Challenge, which you can find here. The one rule: Fifty words. Take it away, me.
It’s those dead eyes that get me.
Her stuff is everywhere, and it’s free. Wildly festooned scenarios all. Someone put time and work into these. No one works harder than her.
But every time I see her, I see those lifeless, empty eyes. I don’t know how she does it.
Weekly Writing Challenge: Fifty
“No rules. Just stick to the word count-no more, no less than fifty words.”
Here is my entry.
Third-wave
Rosamund was born disliking two things: being ordered about, and the baffling human impulse to join social clubs. At five, she was horrified to discover that girls were expected to politely comply with those very requests. She thought, “To hell with that!”, and screamed so long that her throat soured.
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 