Speed Governed by Overhead Radar
Fifties by the Fire
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, CNF, or poetry) about a beginning, an ending, or both.
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: The End and The Beginning, Fiction)
The title does not factor into the word count.
Good luck and have fun. Happy writing!
Special thanks to John Lightle for providing “Speed Governed by Overhead Radar” for our writing prompt.
New Lens, fiction
He drove the familiar yet alien highway to the coast. He noticed things he hadn’t before: the scent of salt and seaweed in the air, a vibrant mural of a reggae singer graffitied on the bridge, the horns of barges and boats coming and going.
Sobriety altered his perspective forever.
Shall New Acquaintance/Fiction
The big ball dropped and ‘24 became ‘25. Kissing time. Keir was smooching alright. In the coat closet with someone else’s wife. His own was wandering the party like a lost sock. Keir resolved to do more of this in the new year. Who said resolutions had to be good?