Gillian Church posts regular Writing Prompts on her Horror Prompts Instagram account and I like to take part with a few snippets and pieces of flash fiction.
The Prompts:
Spoiled, Rocket, Junkyard, Limp, Flavour, Ouija, River, Cellar, Eyeglasses, Secret
The Submission:
Roger stumbled about in the darkness of the cellar, batting cobwebs and creepy-crawlies from his hands as he swept the dirt-ridden floor. He sighed and wiped his eyeglasses, wishing he hadn’t spoiled himself so much in front of the TV and had tidied the cellar sooner.
He cursed as a rotting shelf partially collapsed, the splinter wood hanging limp and spilling spiders, paint pots, and a curious rectangular object to the floor. Roger bent and retrieved it, curious to what secrets were hidden away down in the dark.
He wiped decades of dust from the board and read one word, Ouija, and felt his mouth go dry. He’d heard about these from his mother but thought they only belonged in movies; he could hear her now, insisting he toss it into the nearest river or bury it at the junkyard, but his curiosity rose like a rocket.
Roger clambered up the stairs, his chores forgotten, itching for just a flavour of the allure the board offered, wondering if its power would allow him to communicate with his mother, his father, and the other bodies long buried in the cellar.
What did you think to this piece? Did you submit anything for Gillian’s prompts? Have you ever written any flash fiction before? I’d love to know what you think to my snippets and writing prompts, so feel free to sign up and let me know what you think below or leave a comment on my Instagram page. You can also follow Gillian Church and Horror Prompts to take part in regular writing challenges.
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