Fifties by the Fire — a fifty-word, prompt-based writing exercise. Feel free to share your response below, or read and comment to join the fun.
Prompt: Write a fifty-word story (fiction, poetry, or CNF) about rest and toil.
Here are the other guidelines:
Make sure your piece is exactly fifty words. Feel free to use Word Counter or the word processor you use.
Write a title with the genre in the first line. (Example: A Few More Rounds, Fiction)
The title does not factor into the word count.
Good luck and have fun. Happy writing!
By Candlelight, fiction
Marla Robinson is the richest woman in the world.
She lives in a small cabin near the edge of the forest. Living sometimes evolves into survival—endless toil—in the harsher months. Rest is her reward.
Like tonight: critters scurry, collecting food. Marla reads by candlelight, sometimes pausing to listen.
Never on Sunday/Fiction
Tully was a carpenter, seemingly giving him a natural affinity to the faith. But he remained a union man first, which colored his negotiations on all theological topics, including work.
“Your ratios are off, Father. Right from Genesis. Six days on, one day off. What is this, an oil rig?”